besotted
Americanadjective
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infatuated or obsessed.
The besotted mom showed off pictures of her new baby.
They had one date and he was utterly besotted.
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intoxicated; drunk.
We found him besotted with wine.
adjective
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stupefied with drink; intoxicated
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infatuated; doting
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foolish; muddled
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Wannabeher, meanwhile, is a sticky, sleazy track about being so completely besotted with someone that you start to blur the boundaries between where your personality ends and theirs begins.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Which would concern her much more if she weren’t besotted by the newest member of the faculty.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
Fairly early in his lengthy investment career, in the mid-1960s, this thrifty son of Yorkshire, England, grew besotted with speculative small-cap stocks.
From Barron's ● Dec. 31, 2025
I was immediately besotted by the band’s hookiness, the way their songs felt both precise and slightly feral.
From Salon ● Dec. 30, 2025
A man besotted, he calculated what it would weigh, calculating again and again that the building could support the load easily.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
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