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besotted (bɪˈsɒtɪd
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Definitions
adjective
- stupefied with drink; intoxicated
- infatuated; doting
- foolish; muddled
Synonyms
View thesaurus entry = infatuated, charmed, captivated, beguiled, doting, smitten, bewitched, bowled over, spellbound, enamoured, hypnotized, swept off your feet
Example Sentences Including 'besotted'
I thought: He certainly was besotted about her -- from the moment he set eyes on her to the end.The Road to Paradise Island
I'm besotted with Venetia," said Charley, again referring to the young woman who had been Lyle's protegee.Absolute Truths
Love of the beautiful game is enough to make some besotted fans list entire football teams on the birth certificate.Belfast Telegraph (2005)
Smart turned out to be a very large and very friendly hairy headache whose owners were absolutely besotted with him.Superdog! Action plans that work for a happy and well-behaved pet
TOP Irish jockey Christy Roche fathered a love child during a secret five-year affair with a besotted teenage relative.Sun, News of the World (2000)
TV in general is besotted with (though not particularly good at) novelty.Spiked
The casa's main floor was a packed mass of kissing, sweating, hugging, yakking, boozing, besotted humanity.Globe and Mail (2003)
The couple -- said by friends to be besotted with each other -- are expected to be reunited next weekend.The Mercury, Sunday Tasmanian (2004)
There was a revolution going on around us, but I swear I was so besotted with him I barely noticed.GALILEE (2001)
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