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infatuated Definition

in·fatu·ated (-id)

adjective

  1. lacking sound judgment; foolish
  2. completely carried away by foolish or shallow love or affection

infatuated Related Forms

in·fatu·at′·edly adverb

infatuated Synonyms

infatuated

modif.

enamored, smitten, bewitched, captivated, taken, besotted, beguiled, spellbound, intoxicated, obsessed, crazy about*, wild about*, nuts about*, gone on*, hung up on*, head over heels in love*; see also charmed, fascinated.

infatuated Usage Examples

Preposition: with

  • object: We are absorbed in and infatuated with the objects we experience through the six doors.
  • idea: Somehow we have become infatuated with the idea that exactness will bring us closer to a final picture of the hidden mysteries around us.
  • cleaner: I bought this book for my son when he was 2 because he was infatuated with vacuum cleaners.
  • wife: Later on, David becomes infatuated with the wife of one of his generals.
  • colleague: Q - I am infatuated with a female work colleague and can't bring myself to make love to my wife any longer.
  • car: I wish Americans were not so infatuated with big cars.

Modifying Another Word

  • so: No, surely he could not have done anything so infatuated.
  • completely: The only person, beside herself, who can't see this is Everton, who's completely infatuated with her.
  • still: Maria Callas died in 1977, two years after Onassis, with whom she was still infatuated.
  • totally: In 1884 Lord Alfred Douglas attended a dinner and Wilde became totally infatuated.
  • strangely: I've read books, looked at websites and become strangely infatuated with the whole artform.
  • quite: He is quite proprietorial in his outlook toward my servant; I believe the man is still quite infatuated with her!

Used with adjective complement

become: Meet an aspiring young actress who becomes infatuated with a legend of the Silver Screen.

Modifies a noun

  • man: And more than this, he was conscious of a growing desire to see the infatuated man himself.
  • lover: Marie always had a large herd of infatuated young lovers from which she feeds.