It was just a passing infatuation.
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Infatuation
Synonyms for "infatuation" (75 found)
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Related words (37)
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70 translations across 25 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- безразсъдна любов noun (An unreasoning love or attraction)
- влюбеност noun (The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates)
- увлечение noun (The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates)
Catalan
2 entries- infatuació noun (The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates)
- infatuació noun (An unreasoning love or attraction)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 迷戀 /迷恋 noun (The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 迷戀 /迷恋 noun (The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates)
Dutch
3 entries- geliefde noun (An unreasoning love or attraction)
- vlam noun (An unreasoning love or attraction)
- waanzinnige verliefdheid noun (The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates)
Finnish
4 entries- hullaantuminen noun (The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates)
- hullaantuminen noun (An unreasoning love or attraction)
- ihastuminen noun (The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates)
- ihastuminen noun (An unreasoning love or attraction)
French
4 entries- amourette noun (An unreasoning love or attraction)
- béguin noun (An unreasoning love or attraction)
- engouement noun (The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates)
- infatuation noun (The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates)
Galician
1 entries- paixón noun (The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates)
German
4 entries- Besessenheit noun (An unreasoning love or attraction)
- Betörung noun (The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates)
- Schwärmerei noun (An unreasoning love or attraction)
- Verblendung noun (The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates)
Greek
1 entries- πάθος noun (The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates)
Hindi
4 entries- आसक्ति noun (An unreasoning love or attraction)
- मुग्धता noun (An unreasoning love or attraction)
- मोह noun (An unreasoning love or attraction)
- विमोह noun (An unreasoning love or attraction)
Hungarian
1 entries- belehabarodás noun (The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates)
Italian
1 entries- infatuazione noun (The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates)
Japanese
4 entries- のぼせ上がり noun (The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates)
- ほれ込み noun (The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates)
- 夢中 noun (The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates)
- 心酔 noun (The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates)
Korean
1 entries- 열병 noun (An unreasoning love or attraction)
Macedonian
4 entries- вљу́беност noun (The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates)
- за́нес noun (The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates)
- непро́мислен страст noun (An unreasoning love or attraction)
- стра́сна вљу́беност noun (An unreasoning love or attraction)
Māori
4 entries- koharatanga noun (The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates)
- mate kanehe noun (An unreasoning love or attraction)
- unuora noun (An unreasoning love or attraction)
- whakamaimoa noun (An unreasoning love or attraction)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Veblindunk noun (An unreasoning love or attraction)
Polish
1 entries- zauroczenie noun (An unreasoning love or attraction)
Portuguese
4 entries- enfatuamento noun (The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates)
- enfatuação noun (The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates)
- paixão noun (The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates)
- paixão noun (An unreasoning love or attraction)
Russian
4 entries- влюблённость noun (The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates)
- влюблённость f vljubljónnost’ noun (An unreasoning love or attraction)
- страсть noun (The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates)
- страсть f strast’ noun (An unreasoning love or attraction)
Sanskrit
2 entries- अचित्ति noun (An unreasoning love or attraction)
- मोहन noun (The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- zaluđenost noun (The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates)
- залуђеност noun (The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates)
Spanish
4 entries- encaprichamiento noun (An unreasoning love or attraction)
- infatuación noun (The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates)
- infatuación noun (An unreasoning love or attraction)
- pasión noun (The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates)
Swedish
2 entries- förälskelse noun (The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates)
- förälskelse noun (An unreasoning love or attraction)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
After a while, passion and infatuation ooze away.
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Tom developed an infatuation with Mary.
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You're too trusting in your infatuation, Tom. Maria is as sly as a fox.
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