Meaning & use

enamor

verb·Advanced

To fill someone with a strong feeling of love, fascination, or admiration.

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The tourists were enamored with the narrow cobblestone streets of the old town.

He quickly became enamored of her sharp wit and easy laugh.

A note on using this word

Enamor is almost always used in the passive form "enamored with" or "enamored of," rarely as an active verb on its own.

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Words with an opposite meaning

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