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
  • Swift leaned into the soft romance of her outfit with an undone half-up hairstyle with her signature bangs brushed to the side for a dreamy effect.
    Kara Nesvig, Allure, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The top, a scrambly Montañon Ridge, offers a dreamy open walk with awesome wide-angle views.
    Madison Chapman, Outside, 25 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • The star previewed the track during her deeply nostalgic Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special which aired on Disney+ earlier this week.
    Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 27 Mar. 2026
  • One of Mexico City's iconic churro spots is now cooking up its nostalgic treats in Echo Park.
    Kara Finnstrom, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • It had supposedly been made in the nineteen-forties, for an Italian countess or an English lady, then scrapped, and afterward either smuggled out of the workroom by a starry-eyed seamstress or, with the atelier head’s approval, given to one of the in-house models.
    Han Ong, New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2026
  • On Tuesday night, as the NFL world reeled with the Maxx Crosby news and the NBA was starry-eyed at Bam Adebayo’s 83-point game, the rest of us were watching Team Italy embarrass the good ol’ US of A with an 8-6 win in the World Baseball Classic.
    Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Multitracked saxophones swarm over a pit of molten bass frequencies, slipping between sentimental consonance—you might momentarily be reminded of Vangelis’ Blade Runner score—and eerie discord.
    Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 25 Mar. 2026
  • The church said the statues' monetary value may be relatively small, but their historical and sentimental significance is much greater.
    Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026

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“Moonstruck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moonstruck. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.

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