Found 2 items, similar to smitten.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: smitten smite v 1: inflict a heavy blow on, with the hand, a tool, or a weapon 2: affect suddenly with deep feeling; “He was smitten with love for this young girl” 3: cause pain or suffering in; “afflict with the plague”; “That debasement of the verbal currency that afflicts terms used in advertisement” [syn: afflict] [also: smote, smitten, smit] smitten adj 1: (used in combination) affected by something overwhelming; “conscience-smitten”; “awe-struck” [syn: stricken, struck] 2: marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness; “she was crazy about him”; “gaga over the rock group's new album”; “he was infatuated with her” [syn: crazy, dotty, gaga, enamored, infatuated, in love, soft on(p), taken with(p)] smitten See smite
English → English (gcide) Definition: Smitten Smite \Smite\ (sm[imac]t), v. t. [imp. Smote (sm[=o]t), rarely Smit (sm[i^]t); p. p. Smitten (sm[i^]t"t'n), rarely Smit, or Smote; p. pr. & vb. n. Smiting (sm[imac]t"[i^]ng).] [AS. sm[=i]tan to smite, to soil, pollute; akin to OFries. sm[=i]ta to smite, LG. smiten, D. smijten, G. schmeissen, OHG. sm[=i]zan to smear, stroke, OSw. & dial. Sw. smita to smite, Dan. smide to throw, Goth. bismeitan, to anoint, besmear; cf. Skr. m[=e]d to be fat. The original sense seems to have been, to daub on, to smear. Cf. Smut.] 1. To strike; to inflict a blow upon with the hand, or with any instrument held in the hand, or with a missile thrown by the hand; as, to smite with the fist, with a rod, sword, spear, or stone. [1913 Webster] Whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. --Matt. v. 39. [1913 Webster] And David . . . took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead. --1 Sam. xvii. 49. [1913 Webster] 2. To cause to strike; to use as an instrument in striking or hurling. [1913 Webster] Prophesy, and smite thine hands together. --Ezek. xxi. 14. [1913 Webster] Saul . . . smote the javelin into the wall. --1 Sam. xix. 10. [1913 Webster] 3. To destroy the life of by beating, or by weapons of any kind; to slay by a blow; to kill; as, to smite one with the sword, or with an arrow or other instrument. [1913 Webster] 4. To put to rout in battle; to overthrow by war. [1913 Webster] 5. To blast; to destroy the life or vigor of, as by a stroke or by some visitation. [1913 Webster] The flax and the barly was smitten. --Ex. ix. 31. [1913 Webster] 6. To afflict; to chasten; to punish. [1913 Webster] Let us not mistake God's goodness, nor imagine, because he smites us, that we are forsaken by him. --Wake. [1913 Webster] 7. To strike or affect with passion, as love or fear. [1913 Webster] The charms that smite the simple heart. --Pope. [1913 Webster] Smit with the love of sister arts we came. --Pope. [1913 Webster] To smite off, to cut off. To smite out, to knock out, as a tooth. --Exod. xxi. 27. To smite with the tongue, to reproach or upbraid; to revile. [Obs.] --Jer. xviii. 18. [1913 Webster] Smitten \Smit"ten\ (sm[i^]t"t'n), p. p. of Smite. [1913 Webster]