单词 | infatuated |
释义 | infatuated (once / 3179 pages) adj Think he has no faults? Blush when he walks by? You are infatuated. When you are infatuated, your crush is so severe that it's pretty darned foolish. Infatuation comes from the Latin infature which means "to make a fool of." You can be infatuated with a person, but you can also be infatuated with an idea: "Nick was so infatuated with the idea of knighthood that he wore a suit of armor to the prom, and asked to be called 'Sir Nicholas the Brave.'" WORD FAMILYinfatuated: infatuatedly+/infatuate: infatuated, infatuates, infatuating, infatuation/infatuation: infatuations USAGE EXAMPLESBefore they started and after each task, the participants were asked how attached to and infatuated with their partner they felt. Wall Street Journal(Dec 19, 2016) I was infatuated with Michael J Fox for a solid two years, so that’s probably partly why this is on the list. The Guardian(Dec 18, 2016) He also becomes infatuated with the old man’s much younger, highly seductive wife. Washington Post(Dec 11, 2016) adj marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness he was infatuated with her Syn enamored, in love, potty, smitten, soft on, taken with loving feeling or showing love and affection |
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