besotted

[ bih-sot-id ]

/ bɪˈsɒt ɪd /

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adjective

intoxicated; drunk: We found him besotted with wine.

infatuated or obsessed: a besotted mom and her new baby;They had one date and he was utterly besotted.

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Origin of besotted

besot + -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM besotted

be·sot·ted·ly, adverbbe·sot·ted·ness, noun

Words nearby besotted

besmirch, sold on, be, besom, besom pocket, besot, besotted, besought, bespake, bespangle, bespatter, bespeak

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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 Blade
She 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|Freakonomics
He’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|Time
He's already got some of them besotted with his poverty rhetoric.
Boehner, the Tea Party, and the Ryan Express|Michael Tomasky|December 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST

The new Asian elite could certainly use a Tom Wolfe or two, but Kwan is far too besotted for the task.
Gatsby in Asia|Ross Perlin|June 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The besotted Broadwell may have viewed the curvaceous Kelley as a threat.
Exclusive: Paula Broadwell’s Emails Revealed|Michael Daly|November 12, 2012|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST
Peterson has even inspired a now satire blog where one besotted woman posts her love-struck messages to the convicted killer.
Women Who Love Murderers|Barbie Latza Nadeau|June 23, 2010|DAILY BEAST
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 Daudet
The besotted world is not worth the pother this foolish young married woman makes over it.
The Art of Disappearing|John Talbot Smith
You 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 Kingsley
Appreciation, fairness were all very well, but this besotted heroine-worship was a little pitiable.
The Open Question|Elizabeth Robins

British Dictionary definitions for besotted

besotted

/ (bɪˈsɒtɪd) /

adjective

stupefied with drink; intoxicated

infatuated; doting

foolish; muddled

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Origin of besotted

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