besotted
infatuated or obsessed: The besotted mom showed off pictures of her new baby.They had one date and he was utterly besotted.
intoxicated; drunk: We found him besotted with wine.
Origin of besotted
1Other words from besotted
- be·sot·ted·ly, adverb
- be·sot·ted·ness, noun
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How to use besotted in a sentence
Set in a 1930s perfumery, it’s the story of quarrelsome co-workers who don’t realize each is the other’s besotted secret pen pal.
D.C.’s spring theater scene feels like the before times | Patrick Folliard | March 10, 2022 | Washington BladeShe believed that Ursula was about to abandon her and that therefore she would be deprived of the little girl whom she had become very besotted with actually, Ursula’s younger child.
The Mom Who Stole the Blueprints for the Atomic Bomb (The Freakonomics Radio Book Club Ep. 11) | Sarah Lyall | September 25, 2021 | FreakonomicsHe’s presented as a besotted husband, always frustrated that Julia’s busy schedule doesn’t allow them enough alone time.
Netflix’s My Unorthodox Life Is More Bravo Docusoap Than Real-Life Unorthodox | Judy Berman | July 14, 2021 | TimeHe's already got some of them besotted with his poverty rhetoric.
Boehner, the Tea Party, and the Ryan Express | Michael Tomasky | December 13, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe new Asian elite could certainly use a Tom Wolfe or two, but Kwan is far too besotted for the task.
The besotted Broadwell may have viewed the curvaceous Kelley as a threat.
He embraces asymmetry, is besotted by rhinestones, and swoons over the promise of romance hidden in dark shadows.
Paris Fall 2012 Fashion Week: Haider Ackermann, Lanvin, and Comme des Garçons | Robin Givhan | March 4, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTPeterson has even inspired a now satire blog where one besotted woman posts her love-struck messages to the convicted killer.
But I declare this king worthy of being confined as a madman if he were so atrociously besotted.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (of 10) | Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)She beheld an unknown Jenkins, wild-looking, stammering with a besotted laugh and outraging hands.
The Nabob | Alphonse DaudetThe besotted world is not worth the pother this foolish young married woman makes over it.
The Art of Disappearing | John Talbot SmithYou are all besotted—hag-ridden—drunkards sitting in the stocks, and bowing down to the said stocks, and making a god thereof.
The Saint's Tragedy | Charles KingsleyAppreciation, fairness were all very well, but this besotted heroine-worship was a little pitiable.
The Open Question | Elizabeth Robins
British Dictionary definitions for besotted
/ (bɪˈsɒtɪd) /
stupefied with drink; intoxicated
infatuated; doting
foolish; muddled
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