Thesaurus results for INFATUATION

infatuation

noun

in-ˌfa-chə-ˈwā-shən

Definition of infatuation

as in crush

a strong but often short-lived liking for another person had a brief infatuation with the captain of the ski team

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Recent Examples of infatuation Grief and love and infatuation and resiliency are all twined together to create a story that feels so grounded in reality. — Katherine Polcari, Southern Living, 19 June 2026 The feeling, somewhere between limerence and infatuation, hit me like a shoebox precariously shelved too high. — Madeline Hirsch, InStyle, 16 June 2026 Coming to the glum realization that love isn’t outlasting infatuation is trickier to write about than a more incendiary subject like unfaithfulness, but Rodrigo pulls it off. — Chris Willman, Variety, 12 June 2026 After all, romantic comedies aren’t about the beauty and dynamics of love so much as the fizzy allure of lust and infatuation. — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 8 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for infatuation

Recent Examples of Synonyms for infatuation

crush

Noun

The show’s stars have previously shared that Prince’s appearance was due in part to a possible crush on actress Simone, 45.

— Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 21 July 2026
Rachel dates a shoe store operator named Lou (Bob Hoskins), while Charlotte nurses a crush on her handsome young school bus driver and flirts with Catholicism to the chagrin of her Jewish mother.

— David Faris, TheWeek, 17 July 2026