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INFATUATED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does infatuated mean?
• INFATUATED (adjective)
The adjective INFATUATED has 1 sense:
1. marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness
Familiarity information: INFATUATED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness
Synonyms:
enamored; in love; infatuated; potty; smitten; soft on; taken with
Context example:
Narcissus was a beautiful Greek youth who became enamored of his own reflection
Similar:
loving (feeling or showing love and affection)
Context examples
And to her, just then, he was the hurt child, the infatuated man striving to achieve the impossible.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
I shuddered to hear the infatuated assertion.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
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