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
  • But the Nespresso Aeroccino 4 struggled to give me those dreamy clouds of foam, especially with oat milk.
    Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The film unfolds in a dreamy, meandering flow, following Mark around the world and into his home, gliding from the pressures of the octagon (where MMA athletes duke it out) to scenes of more quotidian domesticity.
    Richard Lawson, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The end result is a timeless, nostalgic look that never feels cramped.
    Tessa Cooper, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Oct. 2025
  • While critics were divided at the time, Casper became a box office hit and earned its place as a nostalgic favorite for '90s kids.
    Allison DeGrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • This ancient practice has been a source of guidance and meaning for people from all walks of life, not just mystics and starry-eyed romantics.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Even so, the journey from starry-eyed spectator to industry mainstay was anything but a straight line for the actress.
    Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • If anything, his films fight aggressively against a sentimental reading (There Will Be Blood, The Master, Phantom Thread) or pivot so hard into emotional catharsis that the fabric of reality breaks (Magnolia).
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The film benefits from its avoidance of a too-tidy, sentimental outcome, even if some in the audience might be left craving one.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2025

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“Moonstruck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moonstruck. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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