Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To inspire with unreasoning love, attachment or enthusiasm.

    betören

    увле́чьuvléčʹ, обольститьobolʹstitʹ

    arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way

  2. (obsolete, transitive)To make foolish.

Examples

26 sentences

  1. Tom is totally infatuated with Mary.

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  2. Tom is obviously infatuated with Mary.

    deTom ist eindeutig in Mary verknallt.

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  3. Tom is infatuated with you.

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  4. Tom is infatuated with Mary.

    deTom ist in Maria verknallt.

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  5. That woman is infatuated with you.

    deDiese Frau ist in Sie vernarrt.

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Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to inspire with unreasoning love or attachment:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to inspire with unreasoning love or attachment:

Origin

First attested in 1533; from Middle English infatuate and/or borrowed from Latin infatuātu

First attested in 1533; from Middle English infatuate and/or borrowed from Latin infatuātus, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and Etymology 2 for more.

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Forms

infatuates, infatuating, infatuated, infatuated
Base forminfatuate · to infatuate
3rd person singularinfatuates
Present participleinfatuating
Past simpleinfatuated
Past participleinfatuated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyinfatuate
he, she, itinfatuates

Past simpleLesson

all personsinfatuated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave infatuated
he, she, ithas infatuated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill infatuate

Word family

7 related words
Relatedfatuityfatuouslyfatuousnessinfatuation
Derivedinfatuatedinfatuativeinfatuator

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
infantB2infantileinfantryinfatuationinfectB2infectionB1
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