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

For Tom Holland’s Peter Parker, asking his crush to the homecoming dance is as daunting as fighting villains like the Vulture.

— Sophia Morano, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
For energy-intensive operations — from tea factories running continuous crush-tear-curl production lines to cold-chain facilities — electricity is no longer simply an infrastructure issue.

— W. Gyude Moore, semafor.com, 27 July 2026