lovestruck
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4.8
- adjective
- /ˈlʌvstrʌk/
:
enamorado
- Things had ended by December 2009, but in the fall of the next year, the lovestruck singer admitted that she still had a crush on him.
Examples
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When he saw her smile, he felt completely lovestruck and couldn't stop daydreaming about their future together.
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Sardan's teachings had taught her how to handle drunken, leering men and lovestruck young pups.
Fiction book (1992) -
She's put on that lovestruck means being hit in your heart by the emotion of love.
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Will's lovestruck condition meant that he didn't see it coming.
Fiction book (1999) -
The short is about a pair of lovestruck octopuses who, through a series of comical events, are separated and find each other.
Blog text (24) -
"Laughter all around; and then another questioner, apparently swept away in the lovestruck mood of the moment, cried out: "Well, it's not wrong, anyway, to tell a lie sometimes, is it?"
Fiction book (2001) -
Aside from the conventional reference to the lovestruck king, this sequence of "Extracción de la piedra de locura" does not specify the speaking other that is the constantly evoked source of loss and destruction.
Academic text (1994) -
She was lovestruck after their first date, constantly replaying every moment in her mind.
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It was clear to everyone that he was lovestruck, as he couldn't stop blushing whenever she was around.
Synonyms
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1.9
Feeling strong romantic feelings for someone
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5.8
Very strongly attracted to someone or something
17
3.4
Completely in love with someone
11
6.1
Feeling a very strong but short attraction to someone, often without reason
1
7.2
Very much in love with someone or something and often thinking only about them
Antonyms
How Smitten
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Lovestruck comes from the image of being 'struck' or 'hit' by love, like a sudden arrow that makes you feel overwhelmed. So love + struck explains why lovestruck means 'deeply overwhelmed by romantic feelings'.