moonstruck
Dreamily, foolishly smitten
Moonstruck means dazed, dreamy, or slightly crazed—traditionally attributed to the influence of the moon.
The word most often describes someone romantically besotted: She was moonstruck from the moment they met.
The older sense of lunar-induced madness survives in literary contexts but has largely given way to the softer romantic meaning.
Powerfully attracted to someone
- enamoredFilled with ardent affection
- besottedIntoxicated by love or drink
- lovesickPining from romantic longing
- swooningLosing consciousness briefly
infatuated · yearning · pining · amorous · ardent · passionate · adoring · devoted
Held as if enchanted
- bewitchedUnder magical influence
- mesmerizedHeld in rapt attention
- entrancedFilled with wonder
- captivatedWholly absorbed by something
hypnotized · transfixed · beguiled · enthralled · charmed · rapt · enchantment · magic
Mental derangement or folly
- insanitySevere mental illness
- crazedWildly out of control
- derangedMentally disturbed, irrational
- unhingedMentally or emotionally unstable
berserk · raving · frenzy · hysteria · mania · demented · irrational · possessed
Delicate beyond earthly measure
- surrealDreamlike and strange
- otherworldlySeemingly not earthly
- nocturnalActive during darkness
- lunarOf the moon
celestial · mystical · gossamer · hallucinatory · phantasmagoria · illusory · nebulous · oneiric
smitten
Powerfully attracted to someone
- enamoredFilled with ardent affection
- besottedIntoxicated by love or drink
- lovesickPining from romantic longing
swooning · infatuated · yearning · pining · amorous · ardent · passionate · adoring · devoted · valentine
spellbound
Held as if enchanted
- bewitchedUnder magical influence
- mesmerizedHeld in rapt attention
- entrancedFilled with wonder
captivated · hypnotized · transfixed · beguiled · enthralled · charmed · rapt · enchantment · magic · sorcery
madness
Mental derangement or folly
unhinged · berserk · raving · frenzy · hysteria · mania · demented · irrational · possessed · werewolf
ethereal
Delicate beyond earthly measure
- surrealDreamlike and strange
- otherworldlySeemingly not earthly
- nocturnalActive during darkness
lunar · celestial · mystical · gossamer · hallucinatory · phantasmagoria · illusory · nebulous · oneiric · chimerical
- compound wordsbookmark, breakdown, sunlight, breakup, snowflake
- moonfull moon, lunar, crescent moon, new moon, half moon
- infatuationcrush, infatuation, infatuated, smitten, first love
- Lovesicklovesick, lovelorn, heartsick, pining, yearning
- Moon Loremoon goddess, moon symbol, moon spirit, crescent moon, full moon
- dreamersdreamer, dreamers, daydreamer, daydreamers, visionary
moonstrucksane
Mentally healthy, clearheaded
rational · lucid · clearheaded · sound · sensible
moonstruckunromantic
Without tender feeling
dispassionate · indifferent · cynical · jaded · hard-hearted
moonstruckdown-to-earth
Practical and without pretension
practical · pragmatic · grounded · realistic · matter-of-fact
moonlight, loony, moonshine, moonlit, lunatic, moonbeam, moonscape, looniness, semilunar