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forelskelse — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • crush verb To squeeze or press something so hard that its shape or structure is destroyed.
  • limerence noun An intense, involuntary infatuation with someone, marked by obsessive thoughts and a craving for the feeling to be returned.

Senses

forelskelse is used for these senses in English:

  • crush (informal, by extension) The human object of such infatuation or affection.
  • limerence (psychology) An involuntary romantic infatuation with another person, especially combined with an overwhelming, obsessive need to have one's feelings reciprocated. [from 20th c.]

crush — full definition

  1. verb To squeeze or press something so hard that its shape or structure is destroyed.
  2. verb To defeat someone or something completely and forcefully.
  3. noun A strong but usually short-lived romantic infatuation, or the person it is directed at.
  4. noun A dense, uncomfortable crowd of people.

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