Definitions for infatuation

infatuation in·fat·u·a·tion

Spelling: [in-fach-oo-ey-shuh n]
IPA: /ɪnˌfætʃ uˈeɪ ʃən/

Infatuation is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 268 anagrams from letters in infatuation (aafiinnottu).

Definitions for infatuation

noun

  1. the state of being infatuated.
  2. the act of infatuating.
  3. foolish or all-absorbing passion or an instance of this:
  4. the object of a person's infatuation:

Origin of infatuation

First recorded in 1640-50, infatuation is from the Late Latin word infatuātiōn- (stem of infatuātiō). See infatuate, -ion

Examples for infatuation

She looked as beautiful as ever, and I could not wonder at my friend's infatuation.

He had kept the news of his grandson's infatuation and engagement even from his wife.

Her love of learning was clearly as intense as her love for any man or woman, and it was this infatuation that dominated her life.

Sure, they share certain characteristics: the adult themes, the infatuation with antiheroes, the cinematic art direction.

The German infatuation with Atatürk and Turkey waned after the Beerhall Putsch.

Many view it as a man drawn to his doom by his infatuation for a younger woman, and youth in general.

But the wrath of the father rose afresh at sight of her "infatuation."

If she had, now, she might cure some decent girl of her infatuation.

And it was well for me that I did hear it; for nothing less could have cured my infatuation.

There is, after all, a basic difference between the soft glow of infatuation and the hard realities of a long-term relationship.

Word Value for infatuation
Scrable

14

Words with friends

17

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