enamored

English

Alternative forms

• (British spelling) enamoured
• (all obsolete) enamor’d, enamour’d, inamor’d, inamored, inamour’d, inamoured

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English enamoured, a partial calque of Old French enamore, past participle of enamorer, enamourer; compare amour and enamor, enamour.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ɪˈnæməɹd/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

enamored (comparative more enamored, superlative most enamored)

1. In love, amorous.
   • 2002, Charles Hebbert, Dan Richardson, The Rough Guide to Budapest, 2nd edition, London: Rough Guides, →ISBN, page 73:

     During the 1980s, its vivid streetlife became a symbol of the “consumer socialism” that distinguished Hungary from other Eastern Bloc states, but Budapesters today are rather less enamoured of Váci: dressed-to-kill babes and their sugar daddies would rather pose in malls, and teenagers can find McDonald's anywhere, leaving Váci utterly dependent on tourists for its livelihood and bustle.

   She's enamored of [or with] her new boyfriend.

Synonyms

• (totally in love): head over heels, twitterpated

Translations

in love, amorous

• Arabic: عَاشِق (ʕāšiq)
• Azerbaijani: aşiq (az)
• Belarusian: закаха́ны (zakaxány), улюблёны (uljubljóny)
• Bulgarian: влю́бен (bg) (vljúben)
• Czech: zamilovaný (cs), okouzlený
• Danish: forelsket (da)
• Dutch: verliefd (nl)
• French: amoureux (fr), enamouré (fr)
• German: verliebt (de), hingezogen (de), entzückt (de), hingerissen (de), gefesselt (de), fasziniert (de)
• Hebrew: מאוהב \ מְאֹהָב (m'ohav)
• Italian: innamorato (it)
• Kazakh: ғашық (ğaşyq), ғашық болған (ğaşyq bolğan)
• Kyrgyz: ашык болгон (aşık bolgon)
• Macedonian: заљубен (zaljuben), вљубен (vljuben)
• Middle English: enamoured
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: forelsket (no)

• Persian: آلفته (fa) (âlofte), شیدا (fa) (šeydâ), عاشق (fa) ('âšeq)
• Polish: zakochany (pl)
• Romanian: amorezat (ro), înamorat (ro), îndrăgostit (ro)
• Russian: влюблённый (ru) (vljubljónnyj), очаро́ванный (ru) (očaróvannyj) (charmed), без ума́ (ru) (bez umá) (crazy, out of mind), в восто́рге (ru) (v vostórge) (delighted)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: за̀љӯбљен

  Roman: zàljūbljen (sh)

• Slovak: zamilovaný
• Slovene: zaljubljen (sl)
• Spanish: enamorado (es)
• Swedish: betagen (sv), betuttad (sv), störtförälskad
• Turkish: aşık (tr)
• Ukrainian: зако́ханий (zakóxanyj), залю́блений (zaljúblenyj)

Verb

enamored

1. simple past and past participle of enamor

References

• “enamored”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “enamored”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Anagrams

• demeanor, one-armed