infatuated
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6.1
- adjective
- /ɪnˈfæʧueɪtɪd/
- He became infatuated with her after just one date, dreaming about her day and night.
- become infatuated
- hopelessly infatuated
- so infatuated
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Watch on YouTubeObviously Tommy was so infatuated by Lucy at the start.
- Obviously Tommy was so infatuated by Lucy at the start.
- Kerensky by now was becoming totally infatuated with his own image.
- Socrates is the one who presumably desires who is infatuated with the other's beauty and charm.
- We romance about television still and then we're infatuated with tomorrow.
- Think about what is going on when you're infatuated with somebody and you first kiss them, right?
- Like it felt clean, but it wasn't like, you know, it's lovely, but I'm kind of infatuated with these ones here.
- In my novel it is of course love, and my infatuated lover is so troubled that he gets attached to things for various reasons.
- The guy who continuously chases many times is infatuated, all right, or obsessed.
Examples
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I think I'm infatuated with you.
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You're totally infatuated with him.
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But why are we so infatuated with duty?
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Why are you so infatuated with the woman?
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And I was completely infatuated with her.
Fiction book (2001) -
Some of these girls are just completely infatuated with him.
Blog text (24) -
Our society has become infatuated with hiding behind policies and procedures.
Blog text (3) -
He couldn't see anything except how infatuated he was with you.
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You were madly infatuated with this man, weren't you?
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In the '60s, New York folkies were so infatuated with that city it only felt "down the road."
Blog text (10)
Synonyms
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1.9
Feeling strong romantic feelings for someone
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2.1
Very interested and unable to stop paying attention
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5.8
Very strongly attracted to someone or something
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6.8
Very much in love with a person, place, or thing
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3.4
Completely in love with someone
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7.1
Feeling a strong liking for someone or something, often very quickly
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3.9
Very interested and pleased so you cannot stop watching or listening
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5.2
So interested that you cannot stop watching or listening
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7.2
Very much in love with someone or something and often thinking only about them
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4.8
Feeling very much in love with someone and thinking about them a lot
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8.1
Liking someone or something too much to be sensible
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Etymology
Infatuated comes from Latin parts in- and fatuus, where fatuus means 'foolish'. So to be infatuated is to be 'made foolish' by strong feelings, like a short, dreamy crush that makes you lose clear thought.