crush:

1. Or: crush on / heavy-crush (on) , an intense or sudden romantic infatuation , often short-lived, towards another person who, often, is unaware of it or does not respond to it ; a one-sided infatuation . See love for synonyms.

Quotes:

(1) Elsa Carrington (Madeleine Carroll) to Richard Ashenden (John Gielgud) in Secret Agent (1936): ' I fell in-love-with you at first sight; not a crush but a crash .'

(2) Nathaniel Mayweather (Charles Elliott) and Trina (Melora Walters) in Cabin Boy (1994):
-- Nay: ' Did I mention I have an incredible crush on you? '
-- Trina: ' That's wonderful. I'm always flattered when a psychotic becomes smitten-with me .'

2. The object of such an infatuation .

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