love-struck

or love·struck

[ luhv struhk ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

deeply in love with someone; smitten:
"I thought true love was just a fairytale, but I have it and it's pretty amazing," said the love-struck songwriter.
After a chance meeting on the train, a lovestruck commuter has launched a search for her Prince Charming.

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First recorded in 1650–60

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There was a time when the love-struck couple would kiss in the pouring rain.

Things, however, get complicated when the love-struck duo are forced to confront their mortality.

She was waiting on tables in a Greek restaurant to make ends meet, and then love struck.

Television fans loved Johnny Galecki as a love-struck teen boyfriend on ‘Roseanne.’

Peterson has even inspired a now satire blog where one besotted woman posts her love-struck messages to the convicted killer.

The magnificent egoism of mankind in love struck her as distinctly diverting.

And yet, at length, something of the fervour and the passion of his love struck upon her soul and arrested her attention.

A twinge of pity for the handsome adventurer—for the love-struck buccaneer—went through him.

I never seen a feller act more love-struck than he was, an' more out o' sorts.

It is the third day after, and these love-struck gentlemen are standing upon the poop-deck, conversing about it.

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