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 Chlöe, who has last declared herself single, recently made headlines for sharing her past infatuation with Kendrick Lamar. Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 16 Dec. 2024 For Michael, that dedication is rooted deeply in his professional journey, from young adult camp infatuation to a fine cooking chapter and rediscovering the rich value of camp life. Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024 Led by Lily-Rose Depp, Nosferatu twists Bram Stoker's Dracula story just as F. W. Murnau's original Nosferatu did in 1922, with Bill Skarsgård taking on the role of Count Orlok, a vampire whose infatuation with Ellen Hutter (Depp) causes untold horror. Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024 The narrator of this wonderfully off-kilter novel, an elderly man, recalls his doting grandmother and his boyhood infatuation with a girl who danced on the balcony opposite his family’s apartment, in Naples. The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for infatuation 

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“Infatuation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infatuation. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.

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