boy-crazy

Infatuated with males

Boy-crazy describes a girl or young woman who is excessively preoccupied with boys and romantic attention from them: She was too boy-crazy to focus on schoolwork.

The term suggests an obsessive, somewhat silly fixation, typically used about adolescents.

The parallel girl-crazy exists but is less common.

infatuation

crush

Compress with force

enamored · besotted · moonstruck · lovesick · pining · yearning · starry-eyed · dreamy · giddy · fluttery

flirtatious

flirty

Playfully romantic in manner

teasing · playful · attention-seeking · amorous · wooing · primping · showing-off

adolescent

teenager

Person aged thirteen-nineteen

gossip · texting · BFF · fangirl · diary · whispering · blushing

obsessive

fixated

Obsessively attached or focused

clingy · stalkerish · overzealous · fanatical · monomaniacal · possessive · single-minded · relentless · compulsive · all-consuming

Opposites
romantic/sexual interest intensity

boy-crazyasexual

Without erotic attraction

aromantic · celibate · cold · aloof · disinterested

gender of attraction object

boy-crazylesbian

Woman desiring women

sapphic

romantic priorities vs. other priorities

boy-crazystudious

Inclined toward serious learning

bookish · goal-oriented · ambitious · independent · self-focused

Family

boy, boys, boyish, boyhood, boyishly, boyishness, crazy, crazier, craziest

Familiarity
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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG