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besotted
[ bih-sot-id ]
adjective
- 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.
besotted
/ bɪˈsɒtɪd /
adjective
- stupefied with drink; intoxicated
- infatuated; doting
- foolish; muddled
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Other Words From
- be·sot·ted·ly adverb
- be·sot·ted·ness noun
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Example Sentences
He's already got some of them besotted with his poverty rhetoric.
The 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.
Peterson 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.
She beheld an unknown Jenkins, wild-looking, stammering with a besotted laugh and outraging hands.
The besotted world is not worth the pother this foolish young married woman makes over it.
You are all besotted—hag-ridden—drunkards sitting in the stocks, and bowing down to the said stocks, and making a god thereof.
Appreciation, fairness were all very well, but this besotted heroine-worship was a little pitiable.
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