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 .

See Also: be smitten with, be soft on, be stuck on, be taken with, closet queer, crush, crushed fruit, have a crush on, heavy crush, mad pash, mash, moon after, moon for, moon over, partial to, pash, pashy, pine for, pranny, puppy love, set one's heart on, sigh after, smitten with, soft on, stuck on

Quotes Containing crush:
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.''
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.''
Elsa Carrington (Madeleine Carroll) to Edgar Brodie/Richard Ashenden (John Gielgud) in Secret Agent (1936): ''I fell in-love-with you at first sight; not a crush but a crash.''
Nathaniel Mayweather (Charles Elliott) and Trina (Melora Walters) in Cabin Boy (1994): - Natheniel:'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.'
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.''

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