taken with

1. 1.

   marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness

   “he was infatuated with her”

   “Narcissus was a beautiful Greek youth who became enamored of his own reflection”

   Synonymsenamoredinfatuatedin lovepottysmittensoft on

   Similarloving

Questions about taken with

What does taken with mean?

taken with means "marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness".

What is another word for taken with?

Close synonyms include enamored, infatuated, in love, potty, smitten. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is taken with a common word?

taken with is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.