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Smitten   /smˈɪtən/   Listen
Smitten

adjective
1.
(used in combination) affected by something overwhelming.  Synonyms: stricken, struck.  "Awe-struck"
2.
Marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness.  Synonyms: enamored, in love, infatuated, potty, soft on, taken with.  "He was infatuated with her"


Smite

verb
(past smote, rarely smit; past part. smitten, rarely smit or smote; pres. part. smiting)
1.
Inflict a heavy blow on, with the hand, a tool, or a weapon.
2.
Affect suddenly with deep feeling.
3.
Cause physical pain or suffering in.  Synonym: afflict.



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"Smitten" Quotes from Famous Books



... while, Sits, and the Archer of the silver bow Delighted, and have urged, themselves, to this The frantic Mars within no bounds confined 905 Of law or order. But, eternal sire! Shall I offend thee chasing far away Mars deeply smitten from the field of war? To whom the cloud-assembler God replied. Go! but exhort thou rather to the task 910 Spoil-huntress Athenaean Pallas, him Accustom'd to chastise with pain severe. He spake, nor white-arm'd Juno not obey'd. She lash'd her steeds; they ...
— The Iliad of Homer - Translated into English Blank Verse • Homer
... time such an announcement would have been greeted by this imperious master with swift acceptance and quiet irony. This day he had smitten his enemies and they had withered before his power. Results had differed in no respect from the outlines of his preparations and yet so poignantly personal had been the recoil that he found himself, when his brain needed ...
— Destiny • Charles Neville Buck
... which speaks of the "withering" of the grass, becomes even more striking if we remember that grass in Eastern lands often grows so tall as to reach to the saddle, as a horseman rides through it. But this tall grass withers away as soon as it is smitten by the burning heat of the sun. The apostle Peter speaks of all the glory of man as like grass which has withered; and then, in contrast with what so quickly perishes, he reminds of what can never grow old or pass away—"the word of the Lord," which ...
— Twilight And Dawn • Caroline Pridham
... both the jarveys were Irishmen; and suddenly smitten with warlike aspirations—either from witnessing the spectacle of the duel, or the gallant behaviour of their young countryman—on that same day dropped the ribbons, and, taking to a musket instead, wore among the men who composed the ill-started ...
— The Free Lances - A Romance of the Mexican Valley • Mayne Reid
... have fought the good fight. Exit Albert—sweep him up. You gave him enough to last him for the rest of the term. I couldn't tackle the brute. He's as strong as a horse. My word, it was lucky you happened to come up. Albert was making hay of us. Still, all's well that ends well. We have smitten the Philistines ...
— The White Feather • P. G. Wodehouse


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