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infatuate

[in-fach-oo-ayt, in-fach-oo-it, -ayt] / ɪnˈfætʃ uˌeɪt, ɪnˈfætʃ u ɪt, -ˌeɪt /










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The fictional robots of cinema are useful machines with dark potential to infatuate, deceive and destroy human beings.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 27, 2017

Yet one number continues to confound and infatuate them: five.

From BusinessWeek ● Apr. 2, 2014

Tongue-tied and blushing, he sees the daughter of a millionaire shipowner and goes infatuate.

From Time Magazine Archive

Chuck Crawford, who combined the curly poll and hyperthyroid eyes of Huey Long with the minnesinging methods of "Pappy" O'Daniel, was crook and virtuoso enough to infatuate Tyler.

From Time Magazine Archive

But as the ancient sage shrewdly observed, dementation is the prelude of doom; "whom the gods destroy they first infatuate."

From The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, February, 1886. The Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, February, 1886. by Various

I was infatuated with the movie for honoring the thwarted relationships that make us who we are, even though they don’t make it down the aisle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

These people have positioned themselves as trendsetters and their followers are infatuated with them as role models.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

Inde Navarrette has earned particular plaudits for her role as a young woman who becomes dangerously infatuated with a man, played by Michael Johnston, after he makes a magical wish for her affection.

From Barron's ● May 31, 2026

And if you were my friend, what I would say to you is this — are you truly infatuated with your co-worker, or do you just see them 40 hours a week?

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026

The idea of the infatuated Secret Admirer loomed large throughout the investigation.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

Its rollout led with “Ace Trumpets” and the infatuating “So Be It.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2025

On these occasions he’d shoot me an infatuating little smile.

From Salon ● Jun. 16, 2019

Listening to a great podcast can feel like falling into conversation with a new best friend or eavesdropping on an infatuating crush.

From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2016

Shelley's charisma is here, as well as his unpredictable moods; Claire Clairmont is infatuating and infuriating in equal measure.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 1, 2013

Congratulate me, my friend, that I have thus overcome my feelings, and repelled the infatuating wiles of a deceitful girl.

From The Coquette The History of Eliza Wharton by Hannah Webster Foster




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