moonstruck

[ moon-struhk ]

/ ˈmunˌstrʌk /

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adjective

mentally deranged, supposedly by the influence of themoon; crazed.

dreamily romantic or bemused.

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Also moon·strick·en

[moon-strik-uhn]. /ˈmunˌstrɪk ən/.

Origin of moonstruck

First recorded in 1665–75; moon + struck

Words nearby moonstruck

moon shell, moonshine, moonshiner, moonshot, moonstone, moonstruck, moonwalk, moonward, moonwort, moony, moor

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How to use moonstruck in a sentence

How did this happen to the man who starred in cinematic gems like Moonstruck, Honeymoon in Vegas, Raising Arizona and Valley Girl?
Lights, Camera, Cocktails|Brody Brown|October 22, 2011|DAILY BEAST
As for Americans who espouse the Tea Party in any way: Why, they're overwrought, moonstruck psychos; in a word, insane.
Sanity Is Overrated|Tunku Varadarajan|October 29, 2010|DAILY BEAST
He won the Academy Award for his script for the 1987 film, Moonstruck.
A Gift From Frank McCourt|John Patrick Shanley|July 20, 2009|DAILY BEAST
The driver regarded them as a moonstruck couple, since that sort of moon shines ever on fine evenings by the sea.
The Terms of Surrender|Louis Tracy

Mediocrity had only seen the gawky stripling, with his moonstruck air, and pestilent habit of trying some new crotchet.
Heroes of the Telegraph|J. Munro
But he must have done something wrong, or perhaps the bobcat he followed had not been sufficiently moonstruck.
The Duck-footed Hound|James Arthur Kjelgaard
Dissatisfied, she turned back to Newlin and again the moonstruck eyes probed and assessed him.
Shock Treatment|Stanley Mullen
Whereupon Mr. Kinglake mewed like a moonstruck cat going to be made a mummy of for Bubastis.
Arrows of the Chace, v. 2|John Ruskin

British Dictionary definitions for moonstruck

moonstruck

moonstricken (ˈmuːnˌstrɪkən)

/ (ˈmuːnˌstrʌk) /

adjective

deranged or mad

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moonstruck

Origin of moonstruck

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British Dictionary definitions for moonstruck

moonstricken (ˈmuːnˌstrɪkən)