Antonyms for enamoured

Grammar : Adj, verb

Spell : ih-nam-er

Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈnæm ər

Definition of enamoured

Origin : c.1300, from Old French enamorer "to fall in love with; to inspire love (12c., Modern French enamourer), from en-, causative prefix (see en- (1)), + amour "love," from amare "to love" (see Amy). An equivalent formation to Provençal, Spanish, Portuguese enamorar, Italian innamorare.

As in mad : adj enthusiastic; in love
As in seduce : verb entice sexually
As in captivate : verb attract, enchant

Example sentences :

I wasn't so enamoured with the ancients as I thought I was; but I was enamoured with your contemplation of my pose.
Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various

We were by this time not enamoured of campaigning in any large degree, from our own experience of it.
Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic

Had I my illusions, I might imagine that my wife must be some woman of whom I should be enamoured.
Extract from : « Bardelys the Magnificent » by Rafael Sabatini

It was her beauty had made appeal to him, even as his beauty had enamoured her.
Extract from : « The Lion's Skin » by Rafael Sabatini

To be enamoured of such qualities as these is a proof itself of a true lover's nature.
Extract from : « The Symposium » by Xenophon

Nor was he enamoured of any reputation, the essentials of which he had not laboriously achieved.
Extract from : « Agesilaus » by Xenophon

Abide, therefore, and do battle as though you were enamoured of victory.
Extract from : « Cyropaedia » by Xenophon

The brother is not enamoured of his own sister, nor the father of his own daughter; some other man must be the lover.
Extract from : « Cyropaedia » by Xenophon

I suppose nobody, certainly not its promoter, is enamoured of this.
Extract from : « Another Sheaf » by John Galsworthy

I rather incline to think that some one else may be enamoured of her.
Extract from : « A Hungarian Nabob » by Maurus Jkai

Synonyms for enamoured

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