head-over-heels
Totally, madly in
Head-over-heels describes being completely overcome, usually by romantic love: She fell head-over-heels for him.
The phrase is odd—head over heels is normal posture—but it conveys tumbling or somersaulting, losing control of one's orientation.
Sometimes literal: He tripped and went head-over-heels down the slope.
Often hyphenated when used as an adjective before a noun: a head-over-heels infatuation.
Full-body forward rotation
- flipQuick turning motion
- cartwheelLateral body rotation
- rollingTurning over repeatedly
- fallingMoving downward freely
toppling · tumbling · acrobatics · gymnastics · sprawling · tripping · stumbling · handspring
Powerfully attracted to someone
- besottedIntoxicated by love or drink
- lovestruckOverwhelmed by romantic attraction
- enamoredFilled with ardent affection
- crushCompress with force
swooning · lovesick · butterflies · starry-eyed · puppy love · infatuated · moonstruck · giddy
somersault
Full-body forward rotation
falling · toppling · tumbling · acrobatics · gymnastics · sprawling · tripping · stumbling · handspring · vaulting
smitten
Powerfully attracted to someone
- besottedIntoxicated by love or drink
- lovestruckOverwhelmed by romantic attraction
- enamoredFilled with ardent affection
crush · swooning · lovesick · butterflies · starry-eyed · puppy love · infatuated · moonstruck · giddy · enchanted
- lovingloving, adoring, affectionate, amorous, caring
- captivatedspellbound, entranced, enthralled, mesmerized, rapt
head-over-heelscautious
Careful to avoid risk
measured · guarded · calculated · deliberate · prudent
head, heads, headed, heading, header, headless, headfirst, overhead, beheaded