Word
smitten
Phoneticssmit·ten
US/ˈsmɪtən/
UK/smˈɪtən/
Definitions
01in love
adj. suddenly feeling very attracted to someone or in love with them.
adj. strongly attracted to someone; experiencing a sudden and intense romantic infatuation.
“He was completely smitten with her from the moment they first met.”
“Although they had only spoken for a few minutes, he was clearly smitten, unable to stop talking about her for the rest of the evening.”
Usage
Usually followed by the preposition 'with'.
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02strongly impressed
adj. very impressed by or interested in an idea, place, or thing.
adj. deeply affected or captivated by a particular quality, idea, or object.
“She was smitten by the beauty of the small mountain village.”
“The young architect was smitten by the brutalist structures of the city, finding inspiration in their raw, concrete forms.”
Literary
Usage
Often followed by 'by' or 'with'.
03past participle of smite
v. the past form of 'smite', meaning to hit someone very hard or to be attacked by a disease.
v. the past participle of 'smite'; used to describe being struck down, heavily defeated, or afflicted by a sudden illness.
“The population was smitten by a mysterious fever during the long winter.”
“In the ancient legends, the hero's enemies were smitten by his powerful sword before they could even draw their own weapons.”
Archaic · Literary
Etymology
From Middle English smiten, from Old English smiten, ġesmiten, from Proto-Germanic smitanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic smītaną (“to hurl; fling”), equivalent to smite + -en (past participle ending).
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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