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SMITTEN
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(used in combination) affected by something overwhelming
Example:
awe-struck
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
affected (acted upon; influenced)
Domain usage:
combining form (a bound form used only in compounds)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness
Example:
Narcissus was a beautiful Greek youth who became enamored of his own reflection
Synonyms:
enamored; in love; infatuated; potty; smitten; soft on; taken with
Classified under:
Similar:
loving (feeling or showing love and affection)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past participle of the verb smite
Context examples:
“Methinks that I could lay my hand upon another who is smitten with the same trouble,” said she, with the same sidelong look.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“Did not your heart sink within you? Were you not smitten with fears? Have you not felt a curse hang over you?”
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A scared man was the keeper; for, having chained the brute to a stake while he drank a stoup of ale at the inn, it had been baited by stray curs, until, in wrath and madness, it had plucked loose the chain, and smitten or bitten all who came in its path.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
