smitten:

Or: badly smitten / deeply smitten , to have a powerful, unreasoning attraction for someone. See love for synonyms.

Quotes:

(1) Parry (Robin Williams) in The Fisher King (1991): ' I'm deeply smitten! '

(2) Charlie McCarthy (voice Edgar Bergen) and the soda jerk in Look Who's Laughing (1941):
-- Soda jerk : ' Gee, you're really smitten, aren't you, Charlie? '
-- Charlie : ' Yeah! The trouble with me is when I'm smitten I stay smut .'

(3) Stella Purdy (Stella Stevens) to Buddy Love (Jerry Lewis) in The Nutty Professor (1963): ' Well, mister, this is one kitten that won't be smitten by that little old devil .'

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