infatuated
adjective
[ ɪnˈfatʃuːeɪtɪd ]
• possessed with an intense but short-lived passion or admiration for someone.
• "an infatuated teenager"
Similar:
besotted,
in love,
love-struck,
head over heels in love,
hopelessly in love,
obsessed,
taken,
passionate about,
consumed with desire for,
(greatly) enamoured of,
very attracted to,
devoted to,
charmed by,
captivated by,
enchanted by,
beguiled by,
bewitched by,
fascinated by,
enraptured by,
under the spell of,
hypnotized by,
smitten with,
sweet on,
keen on,
gone on,
mad about,
wild about,
crazy about,
nuts about,
stuck on,
hung up on,
turned on by,
swept off one's feet by,
bowled over by,
carrying a torch for,
potty about,
twitterpated by,
infatuate
verb
• be inspired with an intense but short-lived passion or admiration for.
• "she is infatuated with a handsome police chief"
Origin:
mid 16th century: from Latin infatuat- ‘made foolish’, from the verb infatuare, from in- ‘into’ + fatuus ‘foolish’.
