Meaning & use
Infatuating
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Inspiring an intense but shallow or short-lived passion or admiration in someone.
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His charming smile was infatuating everyone at the party.
The city's nightlife proved infatuating to the young tourists during their first week abroad.
A note on using this word
Derived from 'infatuate', originally meaning to make foolish, reflecting the idea that intense infatuation can cloud good judgment.
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repellingboring
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2. adjective
Filled with an intense, often unreasonable passion for someone or something (as an adjective).
She was completely infatuating over the new intern within days of meeting him.
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