infatuationnoun [ C or U ]
uk/ɪnˌfætʃ.uˈeɪ.ʃən/us/ɪnˌfætʃ.uˈeɪ.ʃən/strong but not usually lasting feelings of love or attraction:
It's just an infatuation. She'll get over it.
No one expected their infatuation with each other to last.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Loving and in love
- absence
- absence makes the heart grow fonder idiom
- adoring
- affection
- apple
- carry
- dear
- fondly
- have (got) it bad idiom
- head over heels (in love) idiom
- infatuated
- live for sth/sb
- lose
- romance
- romantic
- serious
- smitten
- stuck
- sweep sb off their feet idiom
- take a shine to sb idiom
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