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[ smit-n ] / ˈsmɪt n / SEE SYNONYMS FOR smitten ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivestruck, as with a hard blow. grievously or disastrously stricken or afflicted. very much in love. verba past participle of smite. Origin of smittenMiddle English word dating back to 1200–50; see origin at smite, -en3 OTHER WORDS FROM smittenun·smit·ten, adjectiveWords nearby smittenSmithsonian Institution, smithsonite, Smith's operation, Smithtown, smithy, smitten, Smitty, S.M.M., smock, smock frock, smocking Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for smittenXBIZ and AVN award-winning starlet Ariel Rebel is smitten with Spartacus. What Porn Stars Find Sexy on TV: From ‘Game of Thrones’ to ‘Deadliest Catch’|Aurora Snow|September 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST There are quotes from both you and Robin Wright about being “smitten” with one another during filming. Cary Elwes, aka Westley, Shares Inconceivable Tales From the Making of ‘The Princess Bride’|Marlow Stern|September 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST By our middle twenties we were smitten even worse by Summer. Our Doomed Love Affair with Summer|P. J. O’Rourke|August 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST Even Ann Romney, in describing why she's smitten with her husband, offered no telling anecdote that might stick in people's minds. Mitt Romney Meets His Moment at the Republican National Convention|Howard Kurtz|August 30, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Boycott herself decamped early on, smitten by an American visitor to London, John Steinbeck IV, son of the Nobelist in literature. How the London Olympic Games Will Revolutionize Food|Katrina Heron|July 24, 2012|DAILY BEAST To forgive when smitten is God-like; but, oh, how difficult for any mere man! It reached the nostrils of the poor slave, who shivered as if an ague had smitten him. Overstrained by years of labour in this field, Pasteur was smitten with paralysis in October 1868. Louis Pasteur|Ren Vallery-Radot You'd be smitten to the core by a man who asks nothing and offers all, if he were as ugly as a gargoyle. The Street Called Straight|Basil King Had the man betrayed the slightest degree of fear Klitonda would have smitten him to the ground without the least compunction. The Chief of the Ranges|H. A. Cody
British Dictionary definitions for smitten
verba past participle of smite adjective(postpositive) affected by love (for) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to smittentaken, affected, infatuated, afflicted, stricken |