Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Struck hard; afflicted; visited with some great disaster; suddenly or powerfully affected in body or mind: sometimes used in compounds, as fever-smitten, drought-smitten, love-smitten.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- p. p. of
smite .
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- adjective Made irrationally enthusiastic.
- adjective
In love . - verb Past participle of
smite
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness
- adjective (used in combination) affected by something overwhelming
Etymologies
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Examples
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The term smitten is here significant and deserves our serious consideration.
The Christian Home Samuel Philips
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It's a clever mix of slightly blurred actual history and fiction that Sarah Bower has created, and I was smitten from the very first page on finding myself right in the thick of battle, fire-tipped arrows and severed hands the lot.
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It's a clever mix of slightly blurred actual history and fiction that Sarah Bower has created, and I was smitten from the very first page on finding myself right in the thick of battle, fire-tipped arrows and severed hands the lot.
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I am still a fan of Fairy Tales and remain smitten with any story that begins, “Once upon a time …”
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It's a clever mix of slightly blurred actual history and fiction that Sarah Bower has created, and I was smitten from the very first page on finding myself right in the thick of battle, fire-tipped arrows and severed hands the lot.
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While I watched in smitten disbelief, he began furiously licking whatever salty ankle-sweat he found there -- his whole 12 oz. body thrashing back and forth with the adorable joy of a pup who hasn't figured out yet how to wag his tail without knocking himself over.
monday is made for disjointed messages of greeting wyldkyss 2004
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It's no secret that I am enamored with the tablet computer (did I really use the word smitten in my early review?), but there are some definite drawbacks here, too.
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"I would never dream of saying I was 'smitten' -- with _you_."
Far to Seek A Romance of England and India Maud Diver 1906
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And here, because I’m totally smitten, is Anna looking absolutely GORGEOUS in some silly magazine:
#205 ~ Rabid Lamb Comics (and a mini-review of True Blood) « 1979 Semi-Finalist… 2008
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(Yes, celebrating is the right word -- I think Mr. Majors has pioneered what could be called the smitten narrator.)
seanahan commented on the word smitten
Literally from the verb smite, I smite, I smote, I had smitten. The metaphorical sense is all that survives, as people very rarely use this verb any more.
February 20, 2007
amandansmith commented on the word smitten
I'm a smitten kitten. I love the word smitten. It's beyond romantic..
September 10, 2007
BrainyBabe commented on the word smitten
Love, the most tactless, the most bohemian of gods, had appeared just when he was not wanted, and smitten Scales boisterously between the shoulder-blades.
-- ''Yashima, or, The Gorgeous West'' by R T Sherwood, 1931.
December 24, 2008
roseandivy commented on the word smitten
So, if you are smitten with someone, he has smote you? That's a strange way to conduct romance.
April 24, 2010
roseandivy commented on the word smitten
Also, why does Roget's Thesaurus II list "sex" as an antonym?
April 24, 2010