infatuation
noun
[ ɪnˌfatʃʊˈeɪʃ(ə)n ]
• an intense but short-lived passion or admiration for someone or something.
• "he had developed an infatuation with the girl"
Similar:
passion for,
love for,
adoration of,
desire for,
fondness for,
feeling for,
regard for,
devotion to,
penchant for,
preoccupation with,
obsession with,
fixation with,
craze for,
mania for,
addiction to,
fancy,
passing fancy,
crush on,
thing about,
hang-up about,
pash,
puppy love,
calf love,
mash,
Opposite:
indifference to,