infatuated
/ˌɪnfˈætʃuˌeɪtɪd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.90 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
simple past and past participle of infatuate
adj
Foolishly or unreasoningly fond of, attracted to or in love with (someone); besotted.
adj
Excessively fond of or enthusiastic about (something).
Example Sentences
- "1771, Elizabeth Griffith, The History of Lady Barton, London: T. Davies & T. Cadell, Volume 3, Letter 60, p. 40, […] I did not know her then, or I could never have been so infatuated as I was, to a creature so every way her inferior […]"
- "“Gracious goodness,” the cry was, “how infatuated the mother is about that pert and headstrong boy who gives himself the airs of a lord on his blood-horse, and for whom our society is not good enough, and who would marry an odious painted actress off a booth, where very likely he wants to rant himself. …""
- "Augustus—you know my disreputable brother—such a trial to us all—well, Augustus is completely infatuated about her."
- "I never saw such an infatuated man. The more she talks and the odder the things she says, the more he’s delighted evidently."
- "Why, the poor woman was infatuated with him. He could have turned her round his little finger. She'd have given him anything he wanted."
- "Before I leave Switzerland I cannot but observe, that the Notion of Witchcraft reigns very much in this Country. […] The People are so universally infatuated with the Notion, that if a Cow falls sick, it is Ten to One but an Old Woman is clapt up in Prison for it […]"
Etymology
From infatuate + -ed.
Usage
Inflected Forms
more infatuated (comparative)
most infatuated (superlative)