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Recent Examples of infatuated
Albert, clearly infatuated, wanted George to meet Betty, and that’s when the older brother locked eyes with Charme, who was 19 years old at the time.
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Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 11 Nov. 2025
And then there’s Elizabeth Weiland (Margaret Qualley), the young Yale student with whom Hart is infatuated.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2025
An infatuated American-in-Paris sensibility is present throughout: the effortless cool that a wide-eyed Jacobs first discovered in the French capital, and which has come to define A.P.C.’s output, with a ’90s bent to the fits and forms.
—Olivia Singer, Vogue, 23 Sep. 2025
Andor soon bonds with Klára, but later becomes infatuated with his late father, a ticket salesman with connections to the entertainment industry (escapism is a recurring motif) and an observant Jew, whose faith becomes of great interest to the boy.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2025
The actress struggles to find her footing in the messy genre mashup, speaking with an exaggerated stammer and failing to light sparks with Paul Walter Hauser as the infatuated Lefty.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2025
With 6-Down, become hopelessly infatuated — CRUSH 7A. Unsettled feeling — AGITA
8A. Back tooth — MOLAR
9A. Passionate student, perhaps — NERD
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1D.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 14 June 2025
The focus belongs to Dave (Dennis Christopher), a talented cyclist infatuated with all things Italian who — with the help of friends played by Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern, and Jackie Earle Haley — concentrates on participating in a big race and trying to figure out what’s next for him.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2025
Over the past quarter century, Western policymakers became infatuated with some dangerously oversimplified ideas.
—Walter Russell Mead, Foreign Affairs, 20 Jan. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for infatuated
Adjective
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As the story continues, the Creature becomes increasingly enamored with the world around him — but turns monstrous when he is rejected and vilified by humans.—
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Maia was enamored with skating from an early age after discovering it at birthday parties.—
Adjective
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In the process, Tarr essayed an arresting tone poem about spiritual isolation that enraptured viewers.—
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Jay looks around at the enraptured faces in the crowd.—
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“Infatuated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infatuated. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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