enamor

Win someone's heart

To enamor is to inspire love or deep affection, almost always in passive constructions: She was enamored of the old house, He became enamored with Italian cooking.

The word suggests being captivated or charmed, often with a hint of infatuation.

American spelling; British English uses enamour.

charm

captivate

Hold attention irresistibly

entrance · spellbind · beguile · fascinate · allure · enthrall · dazzle · seduce · entice · attract

infatuation

smitten

Powerfully attracted to someone

starstruck · head-over-heels · lovesick · lovelorn · heartsick · twitterpated · swooning · fixated · obsessed · pining

affection

adore

Love intensely

tenderness · attachment · warmth · endearment · caring · doting · sweetheart · beloved · darling · treasure

desire

ardor

Intense emotional warmth

fervor · burning · fire · rapture · intensity · hunger · craving · ache · pining · flame

mythology

Cupid

Roman love deity

Freya · lovestruck · arrow · philter · love potion · enchantment · spell · bewitchment

Opposites
emotional attraction

enamorrepel

Drive off or disgust

disgust · repulse · revolt · nauseate · horrify

enchantment/captivation

enamordisenchant

Free from false beliefs

disenthrall · disillusion · disaffect · disabuse · repel

Family

enamored, enamours, enamoured, enamors, enamoring, enamour

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