smitten

Examples

• All

• From the moment I saw her, I was smitten.

  Fiction book (2001)

• Sometimes it was hard for me to believe he was so smitten with me.

  Fiction book (1990)

• And she actually had the person in her life who was smitten with her and wanted a child with her.

  Matthew Hussey

• The staff seems very smitten with you.

  Confess, Fletch (2022)

• Well, he certainly seems smitten with you.

  Scoop (2006)

• "I am totally smitten with you."

  Fiction book (2002)

• I mean, I was smitten with him and would follow him around like a puppy dog.

• No wonder my son, Brice, is so smitten with her.

  Magic in the Moonlight (2014)

• I'm hopelessly smitten with her.

  The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! (2012)

• Despite his better (and worse) instincts, Edward is smitten, and eventually he agrees to marry her.

  Blog text (9)

Synonyms

I

in love

vssmitten

∞ 1.9

Feeling strong romantic feelings for someone

often appears quickly and intensely rather than as enduring attachment

P

passionate

vssmitten

329 2.8

Having very strong feelings about something

is more about a sudden romantic strike rather than broad intensity

S

soft on

vssmitten

35 8.0

Too kind to someone and not strict when they behave badly

is usually a sudden strong emotional hit rather than simple foolish fondness

C

charmed

vssmitten

20 4.2

Feeling very pleased and attracted by something, as if under a spell

is typically a quicker, deeper emotional falling rather than gentle delight

T

taken with

vssmitten

• Informal

16 7.1

Feeling a strong liking for someone or something, often very quickly

is specifically a sudden strong emotional hit rather than general fondness

I

infatuated

vssmitten

11 6.1

Feeling a very strong but short attraction to someone, often without reason

matches the sudden intensity but not always the irrational shortness

E

enamored

vssmitten

• US

5 6.8

Very much in love with a person, place, or thing

tends to arrive suddenly and strongly rather than grow slowly

D

deeply affected

vssmitten

5 4.3

Feeling very sad or moved by something

is more about a quick, intense romantic or emotional onset instead

L

lovestruck

vssmitten

1 4.8

Feeling very much in love with someone and thinking about them a lot

comes on suddenly as a strong romantic or emotional reaction

B

besotted

vssmitten

1 7.2

Very much in love with someone or something and often thinking only about them

is a sudden strong romantic feeling rather than long devotion

S

swoony

vssmitten

• Informal

1 8.0

Feeling faint and dreamy because of strong feelings of love

is similar but often focuses on a sudden strong emotion broadly

E

enraptured

vssmitten

• Literature

7.2

Full of great joy and wonder

is more often sudden romantic feeling rather than pure joyful delight

C

captivated

vssmitten

3.9

Very interested and pleased so you cannot stop watching or listening

leans more toward a quick strong emotional hit than steady fascination

M

mesmerized

vssmitten

• US

6.0

Unable to look away because something is very interesting

shares intensity but is usually framed as an abrupt emotional reaction

B

beguiled

vssmitten

7.7

You feel charmed and full of wonder

is more specifically a sudden strong romantic or emotional falling

D

dazzled

vssmitten

4.2

Very impressed and unable to speak because something is beautiful or amazing

is usually a sudden emotional response directed toward romantic feeling

S

stirred

vssmitten

3.7

Moved by something touching or exciting

is similar but usually refers to a sudden love or strong passion

M

moved

vssmitten

3.6

Feeling a strong emotion because something touched your heart

is more sudden and specifically romantic rather than general emotional feeling

T

touched

vssmitten

3.7

Deeply moved by feelings, often by a kind act or praise

is often sudden romantic attraction rather than general emotional impact

Antonyms

I

indifferent

46 4.4

Not interested or showing no strong feeling about something

U

unaffected

3 3.9

Not changed or harmed by something and not showing strong feeling

Compounds

S

smitten kitten

• Informal

1 9.1

A person who is very much in love and shows it

How Infatuated

besotted

1 7.2

infatuated

11 6.1

smitten

20 5.8

fond

223 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology