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adjective American English pronunciation: infatuated /ɪnˈfætʃuˌeɪtəd/
  1. in love with someone so much that it seems silly, especially because you do not know them very well

    She's behaving like an infatuated teenager.

    infatuated with:

    He became infatuated with a woman at work.

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