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/ɪnfˌætʃuːˈeɪʃən/
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[ US /ˌɪnˌfætʃuˈeɪʃən/ ]
[ US /ˌɪnˌfætʃuˈeɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
- an object of extravagant short-lived passion
- a foolish and usually extravagant passion or love or admiration
- temporary love of an adolescent
How To Use infatuation In A Sentence
- He's more of a serial songwriter whose infatuations run from classic pedal-steel weepers to fuzz-rock stomps and wild Irish reels - sometimes on a single album.
- Surely girls also go through one sided infatuations and get rejected.
- She realized that she felt fear as well as infatuation for this man.
- The griffons, neglected for a long time on account of the infatuation that was and is still had for English hunting dogs, are being received again with that favor which they have never ceased to be the object of in Germany and in Italy (where they bear the name of _spinone_). Scientific American Supplement, No. 803, May 23, 1891
- Or perhaps that is what it is saying - because you could equally make a strong case that it highlights the stupidity of teenage infatuation. Times, Sunday Times
- She had always encouraged the infatuation, saying that the pair were a perfect match.
- Shaw's infatuation with the actress is evident in his writing.
- In "The Lollard," when Miss Carey wants to disillusionize Angela, she does not sit down and argue her out of her insane infatuation for Fred; nor does she tell Angela that Fred is a "lollard" and weakly unmask him by describing his "lollard" points. Writing for Vaudeville
- At the time I was just beginning to outgrow my infatuation with heavy metal, heavy rock, death metal, punk and grunge, and was starting to listen further afield for slightly more diverse styles.
- Water infatuation is implicit in the location of many henges, while the massive palisaded enclosures at West Kennet, partly visible from Silbury, straddled the Kennet.