moonstruck

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Recent Examples of moonstruck Musk was certainly behaving like a moonstruck cultist. Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 5 June 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for moonstruck
Adjective
  • Malinauskas opened the second box, which contained a Bell & Ross Regulateur with a big, moony face and a stainless-steel bezel.
    Susan Orlean, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2019
  • Yet, Bronson still stood out, with his alternately creepy and moony portrayal of a man biding his time dating Wood’s mother while vying for the younger woman’s attention.
    Carla Meyer, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Feb. 2018
Adjective
  • Edmund Teske slips between genres with two small, dreamy images that layer a woman’s face over the façades of old buildings, like memories that refuse to fade.
    Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 26 June 2026
  • As if that doesn’t sell a ticket already, trust that Fast’s dreamy vision of friendship, queerness and the occult is a singular experience.
    William Earl, Variety, 26 June 2026
Adjective
  • My mood might dictate a mellow classical or a nostalgic rock n’ roll journey.
    Liza Lentini, SPIN, 26 June 2026
  • One Tree Hill star Chad Michael Murray is back on screens reviving his role as the ultimate millennial poster boy in a new campaign for Bubly promoting the brand’s new nostalgic Melted Ice Pop flavor.
    Emily Rella, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026
Adjective
  • The entire action takes places on a Broadway stage where 17 actors, both starry-eyed newcomers and grizzled stage veterans, are auditioning for one of eight spots on a chorus line of an upcoming musical.
    Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 18 May 2026
  • Many excellent books are originally written in English, and yet every day starry-eyed translators add a handful more to the shelves.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Throughout the night, sentimental videos from different chapters of Jackson's career played on the screens by the stage, along with messages from stars not in attendance like country singers Keith Urban, Zac Brown and Kenny Chesney as well as NASCAR drivers Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt Jr.
    Bryan West, USA Today, 28 June 2026
  • The series combines potty-mouthed put-downs with more sentimental story lines.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2026

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“Moonstruck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moonstruck. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.

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