Infatuated

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Infatuate \In*fat"u*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Infatuated}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Infatuating}.]
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     1. To make foolish; to affect with folly; to weaken the
        intellectual powers of, or to deprive of sound judgment.
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              The judgment of God will be very visible in
              infatuating a people . . . ripe and prepared for
              destruction.                          --Clarendon.
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     2. To inspire with a foolish and extravagant passion; as, to
        be infatuated with gaming.
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              The people are . . . infatuated with the notion.
                                                    --Addison.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Infatuated \In*fat"u*a`ted\, a.
     Overcome by some foolish passion or desire; affected by
     infatuation.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  infatuated
       adj : marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness; "she was crazy
             about him"; "gaga over the rock group's new album"; "he
             was infatuated with her" [syn: {crazy}, {dotty}, {gaga},
              {enamored}, {in love}, {smitten}, {soft on(p)}, {taken
             with(p)}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  118 Moby Thesaurus words for "infatuated":
     apish, asinine, at fever pitch, batty, becharmed, befooled,
     beguiled, besotted, bewitched, brainless, buffoonish, captivated,
     charmed, cockeyed, crazy, credulous, daffy, daft, dazed, delirious,
     dizzy, doting, dotty, dumb, easily taken in, easy of belief,
     enamored, enchanted, enraptured, enthused, enthusiastic,
     enthusiastic about, fanatical, fascinated, fatuitous, fatuous,
     febrile, feverish, fixated, flaky, fond, fool, foolheaded, foolish,
     frantic, frenetic, frenzied, fuddled, full of enthusiasm, furious,
     futile, gaga, glowing, goofy, gripped, gulled, gung-ho,
     heartsmitten, hectic, held, hung-up, hypnotized, hysteric, idiotic,
     imbecile, inane, inclined to believe, inept, infatuate,
     infatuated with, insane, keen on, kooky, loony, mad, maudlin,
     mesmerized, monomaniac, monomaniacal, moronic, nutty, obsessed,
     overanxious, overconfiding, overcredulous, overdesirous, overeager,
     overenthusiastic, overtrustful, overtrusting, overzealous,
     perfervid, possessed, preoccupied, prepossessed, sappy, screwy,
     senseless, sentimental, silly, smitten, spellbound, stupid,
     superstitious, taken with, thoughtless, trustful, trusting,
     ultrazealous, uncritical, undoubting, unskeptical, unsuspecting,
     unsuspicious, wacky, wet, wild, witless