Crossword clues for smitten
smitten
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Smite \Smite\ (sm[imac]t), v. t. [imp. Smote (sm[=o]t), rarely Smit (sm[i^]t); p. p. Smitten (sm[i^]t"t'n), rarely Smit, or Smote; p. pr. & vb. n. Smiting (sm[imac]t"[i^]ng).] [AS. sm[=i]tan to smite, to soil, pollute; akin to OFries. sm[=i]ta to smite, LG. smiten, D. smijten, G. schmeissen, OHG. sm[=i]zan to smear, stroke, OSw. & dial. Sw. smita to smite, Dan. smide to throw, Goth. bismeitan, to anoint, besmear; cf. Skr. m[=e]d to be fat. The original sense seems to have been, to daub on, to smear. Cf. Smut.]
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To strike; to inflict a blow upon with the hand, or with any instrument held in the hand, or with a missile thrown by the hand; as, to smite with the fist, with a rod, sword, spear, or stone.
Whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
--Matt. v. 39.And David . . . took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead.
--1 Sam. xvii. 49. -
To cause to strike; to use as an instrument in striking or hurling.
Prophesy, and smite thine hands together.
--Ezek. xxi. 14.Saul . . . smote the javelin into the wall.
--1 Sam. xix. 10. To destroy the life of by beating, or by weapons of any kind; to slay by a blow; to kill; as, to smite one with the sword, or with an arrow or other instrument.
To put to rout in battle; to overthrow by war.
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To blast; to destroy the life or vigor of, as by a stroke or by some visitation.
The flax and the barly was smitten.
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To afflict; to chasten; to punish.
Let us not mistake God's goodness, nor imagine, because he smites us, that we are forsaken by him.
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To strike or affect with passion, as love or fear.
The charms that smite the simple heart.
--Pope.Smit with the love of sister arts we came.
--Pope.To smite off, to cut off.
To smite out, to knock out, as a tooth.
--Exod. xxi. 27.To smite with the tongue, to reproach or upbraid; to revile. [Obs.]
--Jer. xviii. 1
Smitten \Smit"ten\ (sm[i^]t"t'n), p. p. of Smite.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-13c., "struck hard, afflicted, visited with disaster," past participle adjective from smite. Sense of "inspired with love" is from 1660s.
Wiktionary
1 Made irrationally enthusiastic. 2 in love. v
(past participle of smite English)
WordNet
v. inflict a heavy blow on, with the hand, a tool, or a weapon
affect suddenly with deep feeling; "He was smitten with love for this young girl"
cause pain or suffering in; "afflict with the plague"; "That debasement of the verbal currency that afflicts terms used in advertisement" [syn: afflict]
adj. (used in combination) affected by something overwhelming; "conscience-smitten"; "awe-struck" [syn: stricken, struck]
marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness; "she was crazy about him"; "gaga over the rock group's new album"; "he was infatuated with her" [syn: crazy, dotty, gaga, enamored, infatuated, in love, soft on(p), taken with(p)]
See smite
Wikipedia
Smitten is an album released by The Martinis in 2004, under the label, Cooking Vinyl. It is often regarded as similar sounding to the work by alt-rock band, the Pixies, as the guitarist, Joey Santiago is a member of both bands. The record also features drums by Josh Freese, a member of The Vandals and A Perfect Circle. The album took over two years to create.
Smitten may refer to:
- Infatuation
- Smitten (The Martinis album), 2004
- Smitten (Buffalo Tom album), 1998
Smitten is a 1998 album by Buffalo Tom. It was their only album for Polydor Records.
Singer/guitarist Bill Janovitz said that, as the band members looked over demos in preparation for the album, they noticed that keyboards were taking a larger role in their songs than before.
Early in the process of putting the album together, the band spent time working with guitarist/keyboardist Tom Gorman, most well known as a member of Belly. Gorman pointed out that the band would probably be better served by a traditional keyboardist. Gorman was replaced by Phil Aiken after Janovitz spied his classified ad in a local weekly.
The album was produced by David Bianco, who was sought out by the band after being impressed by his work with Teenage Fanclub.
Usage examples of "smitten".
As she curled into the thick warmth of her own bed, she realized she was quite lethally smitten with the knight.
I think he will worry now, and soon will send word that a brave and noble knight is smitten with Anya of Winterbourne.
He was smitten by her beauty, could care less whether she was a virgin.
Then Wang knew he spoke of Pear Blossom and he was smitten with a strange jealousy.
Her other predictions had passed him by, but this one had smitten him.
We have seen them buffeted and smitten, without a resting-place for the soles of their feet, and perishing in hunger and thirst and nakedness and the want of all things.
Since the day he came here, five-and-twenty years ago, has God saved him or smitten him?
Ben Aboo gnawed his lip and scowled darkly, and in the flush of his anger, his consternation being over, he would have fallen upon Israel with torrents of abuse, but that he was smitten suddenly by a new and terrible thought.
Muslimeen, derided by the Jews, spat upon and smitten by the people whose hungry mouths he had fed with bread.
It is equally difficult to understand why Jesus submitted to such an insult, and why Peter should not have smitten down its perpetrator.
And yet what meaning would her words have other than the monstrous one which had smitten him as a blackjack?
He felt as if some loved one had smitten him over the back of the head with a sandbag.
While the Queen Rabesqurat prated in this wise with flushed face, Shibli Bagarag was smitten with the greatness of his task, and reproached his soul with neglect of it.
And he laughed and clucked and chuckled, and the triumph of Shagpat was to him as a new jewel in his crown outshining all others, and he was for awhile as the cock smitten with the pride of his comb, the peacock magnified by admiration of his tail.
I had been smitten by a sudden madness, a supernatural and solemn frenzy, wrought not by human means.