infatuates
Sweeps off feet
Infatuates is the third-person singular of infatuate, meaning to inspire intense but often short-lived passion or admiration.
Something that infatuates captures attention completely, usually with an implication of foolishness or poor judgment: Her confidence infatuates him.
The noun infatuation and adjective infatuated are more common than the verb.
Holds rapt attention
- enchantsDelights or bewitches
- beguilesDeceives by charming
- bewitchesCasts a spell on
- mesmerizesCaptivates utterly, hypnotically
enthralls · allures · seduces · dazzles · charms · spellbinds · enamors · enraptures
captivates
Holds rapt attention
mesmerizes · enthralls · allures · seduces · dazzles · charms · spellbinds · enamors · enraptures · magnetizes
fixates
Focuses with unhealthy intensity
- preoccupiesMentally absorbs completely
- consumesTakes in completely
- engrossesWholly occupies attention
possesses · overwhelms · grips · obsesses · blinds · distorts · deludes · clouds · fools · unhinges
infatuatesrepels
Drives back, resists
disgusts · repulses · revolts · disenchants · turns off
infatuatesdisillusions
Destroys false beliefs
disenchants · sobers · cools · disappoints · underwhelms
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