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 The brand’s mission is personal, stemming from Ralph’s lifelong infatuation with jewelry and his ties to a Divine Nine fraternity. Molly Peck, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2025 Not until the day when a woman from an infatuation a few years back introduced me to Michele. Claës Nordenskiöld, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025 Eggers' interpretation stars Depp—daughter of actor Johnny Depp and singer, model and actor Vanessa Paradis—as Ellen Hutter in this tale of a haunted young woman and the vampire who has an infatuation with her. George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024 New designs of planes are always in the news and people across the globe have always had an infatuation with airplanes. Krystal Nurse, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 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 Feb. 2025.

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