to be infatuated with sb

  • 1be infatuated with — be inspired with an intense but short lived passion for. → infatuate …

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  • 2Infatuated — Infatuate In*fat u*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Infatuated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Infatuating}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To make foolish; to affect with folly; to weaken the intellectual powers of, or to deprive of sound judgment. [1913 Webster] The judgment… …

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  • 3infatuated — [[t]ɪnfæ̱tʃueɪtɪd[/t]] ADJ GRADED: oft ADJ with n If you are infatuated with a person or thing, you have strong feelings of love or passion for them which make you unable to think clearly or sensibly about them. He was utterly infatuated with her …

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  • 4infatuated — in|fat|u|at|ed [ınˈfætʃueıtıd] adj [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of infatuare, from fatuus; FATUOUS] having strong feelings of love for someone or a strong interest in something that makes you unable to think in a sensible… …

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  • 5infatuated — in|fat|u|at|ed [ ın fætʃu,eıtəd ] adjective in love with someone so much that it seems silly, especially because you do not know them very well: She s behaving like an infatuated teenager. infatuated with: He became infatuated with a woman at… …

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  • 6infatuated — UK [ɪnˈfætjueɪtɪd] / US [ɪnˈfætʃuˌeɪtəd] adjective in love with someone so much that it seems silly, especially because you do not know them very well She s behaving like an infatuated teenager. infatuated with: He became infatuated with a woman… …

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  • 7infatuated — adj. infatuated with * * * [ɪn fætʃʊeɪtɪd] infatuated with …

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  • 8infatuated — adjective Kyle was hopelessly infatuated with his cousin s girlfriend Syn: besotted with, in love with, head over heels about, obsessed with, taken with, lovesick for, moonstruck over; enamored of, attracted to, devoted to, captivated by,… …

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  • 9infatuated — Synonyms and related words: apish, asinine, at fever pitch, batty, becharmed, befooled, beguiled, besotted, bewitched, brainless, buffoonish, captivated, charmed, cockeyed, crazy, credulous, daffy, daft, dazed, delirious, dizzy, doting, dotty,… …

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  • 10infatuated — adjective having unreasonably strong feelings of love, but only for a short time and especially for someone that you do not know very well (+ with): John had become infatuated with the French teacher …

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