infatuation
Intense temporary fixation
Infatuation is an intense but typically short-lived passion or admiration for someone or something.
Unlike mature love, infatuation tends to be obsessive and based more on idealization than genuine understanding: His infatuation with her faded once he got to know her better.
The word often carries a dismissive tone, suggesting the feeling is shallow or foolish.
Someone can also have an infatuation with ideas, hobbies, or trends: her brief infatuation with cryptocurrency.
Powerfully attracted to someone
- enamoredFilled with ardent affection
- fancyElaborate or decorative
- flingForceful toss, or tryst
- swoonLose consciousness briefly
besotted · twitterpated · moonstruck · head-over-heels · lovesick · starry-eyed · lovestruck · taken
Lacking the sense of sight
- foolishLacking good sense
- recklessCarelessly ignoring danger
- impulsiveActing without deliberation
- unreasoningLacking logical basis
delusional · unthinking · heedless · lovesick · mad · crazy · wild · senseless
Intense, persistent desire
- piningAching with prolonged desire
- achePersistent dull discomfort
- desireIntense wanting
- languishingGrowing weak, losing vigor
wistfulness · sighing · mooning · daydreaming · fantasizing · craving · hunger · thirst
Intense emotional warmth
- fervorIntense emotional intensity
- fireCombustion with flames
- flameBurning gas made visible
- heatTransferred thermal energy
passion · burning · consuming · overwhelming · intoxicating · dizzying · breathless · feverish
Persistent mental attachment
- preoccupationAbsorbing mental focus
- maniaIntense, consuming obsession
- compulsionIrresistible urge to act
- limerenceObsessive romantic preoccupation
monomania · engrossment · captivation · absorption · possessiveness · single-mindedness · besottedness · all-consuming
Lasting very briefly
- transientTemporary, soon departing
- momentaryLasting very briefly
- briefShort in duration
- fickleErratically disloyal in affection
temporary · short-lived · passing · whirlwind · flash · phase · rebound · impermanent
Profound loving regard
- idolizeRevere to excess
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
- romanticizePortray as more appealing
- pedestalSupport for statuary
hero-worship · glorify · venerate · rose-colored · overrate · fantasy · projection · illusion
smitten
Powerfully attracted to someone
swoon · besotted · twitterpated · moonstruck · head-over-heels · lovesick · starry-eyed · lovestruck · taken · keen
blind
Lacking the sense of sight
unreasoning · delusional · unthinking · heedless · lovesick · mad · crazy · wild · senseless · headlong
longing
Intense, persistent desire
languishing · wistfulness · sighing · mooning · daydreaming · fantasizing · craving · hunger · thirst · lovesickness
ardor
Intense emotional warmth
heat · passion · burning · consuming · overwhelming · intoxicating · dizzying · breathless · feverish · rapture
fixation
Persistent mental attachment
- preoccupationAbsorbing mental focus
- maniaIntense, consuming obsession
- compulsionIrresistible urge to act
limerence · monomania · engrossment · captivation · absorption · possessiveness · single-mindedness · besottedness · all-consuming · consumed
ephemeral
Lasting very briefly
fickle · temporary · short-lived · passing · whirlwind · flash · phase · rebound · impermanent · flameout
adoration
Profound loving regard
- idolizeRevere to excess
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
- romanticizePortray as more appealing
pedestal · hero-worship · glorify · venerate · rose-colored · overrate · fantasy · projection · illusion · perfect
- romancelove story, amor, love, boyfriend, courting
- romantic longingyearning, pining, unrequited love, ardor, heartache
- Romantic themespassion, romance, affection, devotion, heartbreak
- loveadoration, affection, amour, attraction, beloved
- relationshipsfriends, romantic, family, friend, flirting
- courtshipcourting, courtship, suitor, betrothal, wooing
infatuationindifference
Lack of interest
apathy · disinterest · disenchantment · disillusionment · detachment
infatuationwisdom
Good judgment from experience
sanity · sagacity · soundness · clear-headedness · rationality