MEANING
Strongly attracted to someone romantically, often to the point of distraction.
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- lovestruck teenager
- lovestruck expression
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He looked lovestruck whenever her name appeared on the screen.
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- lovestruck
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Comparative more lovestruck; superlative most lovestruck when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description, character. Commonness: moderately common.
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