Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A foolish, unreasoning, or extravagant passion or attraction. See Synonyms at love.
- n. An object of extravagant, short-lived passion.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act of infatuating, or the state of being infatuated; extravagant folly; fatuous devotion or passion: as, infatuation for an unworthy object.
Wiktionary
- n. The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates.
- n. An unreasoning love or attraction.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates.
WordNet 3.0
- n. temporary love of an adolescent
- n. a foolish and usually extravagant passion or love or admiration
- n. an object of extravagant short-lived passion
Examples
“The 73-year-old media mogul's wife, Veronica Lario, said last spring she is divorcing Berlusconi for what she called his infatuation with attractive young women.”
“Berlusconi's wife, a former actress, is suing him for divorce over what she called his infatuation with young women.”
“The 73-year-old media mogul's wife, Veronica Lario, said last spring she is divorcing him for what she called his infatuation with attractive young women.”
“I am on the train, going to see James, my long-term infatuation.”
“Upon this occasion my father said, with an expression of unbounded wonder, My dearest Victor, what infatuation is this?”
“(I'm working very hard to convince myself my infatuation is healthy.)”
A conversation with bestselling author Chris Bohjalian about his novel, Skeletons at the Feast
“So I figured the gigging of Sherer for his McCain infatuation was part partisan and part fun.”
“Given rap music's long-term infatuation with sportswear, there is something rather fitting in its flirtation with sporting apparel made from what might, with some justification, be called one of the earliest of technical fabrics.”
“But it's such an important album to me, because it launched a long-term infatuation with U2.”
“Fisher writes: This violent emotional disturbance that we call infatuation or attraction may begin with a small molecule called phenylethylamine, or PEA.”
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