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smitten

1 adjective
     
smit‧ten1 [not before noun]
1 suddenly feeling that you love someone very much:
As soon as he saw her, he was smitten.
smitten by/with
She was totally smitten with Steve.
2

smitten with/by something

suddenly affected by an illness or a feeling:
Dan was smitten with remorse.
The whole family were smitten with flu.
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