verb
- to cause someone to have an intense but short-lived passion or admiration for someone or something
Usage: often used in passive voice
Examples
- She was infatuated with the new student in her class.
- The young man became infatuated with the actress after seeing her movie.
- His infatuation with expensive cars led him into debt.
- The teenager was completely infatuated with the pop star.
- Don’t let yourself become infatuated with someone you barely know.
- Her parents worried that she was infatuated rather than truly in love.