moonstruck

Describes a state of being mentally confused, dreamy, or romantically sentimental, as if affected by the moon.

• 🇵🇹Descreve um estado de confusão mental, devaneio ou sentimentalismo romântico, como se estivesse sob influência da lua. Também pode indicar alguém distraído, apaixonado ou fora da realidade.

1. Mentally affected by the moon C2 formal

   Historically believed to be driven mad or mentally unstable by the influence of the moon's phases.

   • In ancient times, people thought he was moonstruck because of his strange behavior during the full moon.
   • The old tale described a moonstruck wanderer who roamed the hills at night.
   • She was considered moonstruck, her moods shifting with the lunar cycle.

   🇵🇹Lunático

   Sinônimos: lunatic

   Antônimos: balancedlucidrationalsanesound

2. Romantically dreamy or distracted C1 informal

   In a state of romantic or sentimental distraction, as if enchanted by the moon.

   • He walked around with a moonstruck expression after meeting her.
   • The lovers were moonstruck, lost in each other's eyes under the night sky.
   • She felt moonstruck, daydreaming about their next date.

   🇵🇹Romanticamente sonhador

   Sinônimos: dreamylovesickromanticsentimentalstarry-eyed

   Antônimos: down-to-earthlevelheadedpragmaticunsentimental

• more moonstruck comparative form
• most moonstruck superlative form