infatuated
adjective
in·fat·u·at·ed
in-ˈfa-chə-ˌwā-təd 
-chü-ˌā-
: filled with or marked by a foolish or extravagant love or admiration
an infatuated lover
In spite of the fact that he was often bewildered and scandalized, he was still as infatuated as he had been that first Sabbath morning.—
Elizabeth George Speare
Elizabeth George SpearePhilip had recently fathered a second son, with his new wife, Cleopatra, with whom he appeared to be giddily infatuated.—Joseph Heller
Joseph Heller… I have seldom seen a man more infatuated with a woman than he is with our beautiful neighbour …—Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan DoyleAt twelve, I became infatuated with science itself when my seventeen-year-old camp counselor began talking about amoebae. She called them a "weird animal."—Lynn Margulis
Lynn Margulis
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Examples of infatuated in a Sentence
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An infatuated Velma flirts with Coco throughout the movie.
—Jay Valle, NBC News, 6 Oct. 2022
The story follows an outcast named Jane who slowly becomes infatuated with her employer Mr. Rochester.
—Juliana Ukiomogbe, ELLE, 27 Feb. 2023
Monica was troubled and a little infatuated with him.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 19 Oct. 2021
Pippa, unsatisfied with the couple’s vanilla life, becomes the most infatuated.
—Jeff Ewing, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2021
Natalie then becomes infatuated with Lia and attempts to befriend the fitness mogul in real life.
—al, 10 Feb. 2023
While wall street is extremely infatuated with how much money these content providers are making, the truth lies in the customer experience, that the market is extremely saturated, and something’s gotta give.
—Blake Morgan, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022
From here on, suspense hangs upon with the guilty girl can hold the affections of the infatuated man without reawakening his latent instincts as a cop.
—Jack Moffitt, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 May 2022
Theories abound on why Mr. Ivanishvili is so infatuated with trees.
—New York Times, 17 Jan. 2022
Jay Valle, NBC News, 6 Oct. 2022
The story follows an outcast named Jane who slowly becomes infatuated with her employer Mr. Rochester.
—Juliana Ukiomogbe, ELLE, 27 Feb. 2023
Monica was troubled and a little infatuated with him.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 19 Oct. 2021
Pippa, unsatisfied with the couple’s vanilla life, becomes the most infatuated.
—Jeff Ewing, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2021
Natalie then becomes infatuated with Lia and attempts to befriend the fitness mogul in real life.
—al, 10 Feb. 2023
While wall street is extremely infatuated with how much money these content providers are making, the truth lies in the customer experience, that the market is extremely saturated, and something’s gotta give.
—Blake Morgan, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022
From here on, suspense hangs upon with the guilty girl can hold the affections of the infatuated man without reawakening his latent instincts as a cop.
—Jack Moffitt, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 May 2022
Theories abound on why Mr. Ivanishvili is so infatuated with trees.
—New York Times, 17 Jan. 2022
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First Known Use
1848, in the meaning defined above
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