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 

• INFATUATED (adjective)

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)