infatuated

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Recent Examples of infatuated But the Emmys consistently bypassed Scrubs, more infatuated with the glamour of Sex and the City and reliability of Everybody Loves Raymond until Garden State turned Zach Braff, however momentarily, into a movie star. Joe Reid, Vulture, 16 May 2026 Jared Speight is a stubborn titan of Long Island abstraction when star writer Roxy Margaux first becomes infatuated with his bravado. Greg Evans, Deadline, 28 Apr. 2026 When the two meet, however, the Lord becomes infatuated with Lenore, beginning a passionate, turbulent relationship, per the book's synopsis. Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 15 Apr. 2026 Men, by contrast, are presented as more stoic and less infatuated. Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 16 Mar. 2026 The Army claimed McCarthy and Cohn, his chief counsel, had pressured the Army to give preferential treatment to David Schine, a McCarthy aide with whom Cohn was infatuated. Kristen Monroe, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026 Heathcliff drives a wedge between the two girls, with Cathy infatuated with her new playmate. Radhika Seth, Vogue, 9 Feb. 2026 Throughout his snooping and jet-setting, Pine becomes infatuated with Roper’s girlfriend Jed (Elizabeth Debicki), who eventually learns his real identity and begins to plot a way out of her toxic relationship. Jake Kring-Schreifels, Time, 9 Jan. 2026 Albert, clearly infatuated, wanted George to meet Betty, and that’s when the older brother locked eyes with Charme, who was 19 years old at the time. Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 11 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for infatuated
Adjective
  • Shoppers are enamored with the balm’s benefits; more than 10,000 people have bought it in the past month alone, per Amazon.
    Sophie Wirt, InStyle, 22 June 2026
  • Immediately enamored with Lilypad, Bonnie shows less attention to her faithful toys, including Jessie the Cowgirl (Cusack) and Buzz Lightyear (Allen).
    Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
Adjective
  • One of the greatest joys of my life was watching my favourite uncle, a big, mighty chieftain visiting from my family’s little kingdom in Nigeria, watching The Lion King at the Lyceum Theatre absolutely enraptured.
    Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 2 June 2026
  • The enraptured bridge takes it from exceptional to masterful.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2026

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“Infatuated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infatuated. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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