Besotted
adjective
Very much in love to the point of being foolish or crazy.
He was completely besotted with her.
Often appears as...
- besotted with someone
- intensely besotted
adjective
Drunk or intoxicated.
He was besotted by the wine.
Often appears as...
- besotted with alcohol
- besotted on drink
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
adjective
Very much in love to the point of being foolish or crazy.
He was completely besotted with her.
Often appears as...
- besotted with someone
- intensely besotted
adjective
Drunk or intoxicated.
He was besotted by the wine.
Often appears as...
- besotted with alcohol
- besotted on drink
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Blind Affection
Used to describe someone so in love that they ignore flaws or common sense.
He bought her a car, completely besotted and blind to her manipulation.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Intensity
Denotes an extreme level of emotion beyond just liking or having a crush.
After just one date, he was already besotted with her.
Pro Tip 3/3Often Romantic
Primarily used in romantic contexts to convey deep infatuation.
Her every thought was of him; she was hopelessly besotted.
Pro Tip 1/3Blind Affection
Used to describe someone so in love that they ignore flaws or common sense.
He bought her a car, completely besotted and blind to her manipulation.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Intensity
Denotes an extreme level of emotion beyond just liking or having a crush.
After just one date, he was already besotted with her.
Pro Tip 3/3Often Romantic
Primarily used in romantic contexts to convey deep infatuation.
Her every thought was of him; she was hopelessly besotted.
Pro Tip 1/3Blind Affection
Used to describe someone so in love that they ignore flaws or common sense.
He bought her a car, completely besotted and blind to her manipulation.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Intensity
Denotes an extreme level of emotion beyond just liking or having a crush.
After just one date, he was already besotted with her.
Pro Tip 3/3Often Romantic
Primarily used in romantic contexts to convey deep infatuation.
Her every thought was of him; she was hopelessly besotted.
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4 Powerful Poems about...
a lensing effect like viewing distant street lamps through a glass of wine. A glass of wine or two now makes me weave as if acting the drunkard's part; as if, besotted with unrequited love
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The hidden history of...
information we were not in little silos I was a mathematician you're a scientist is an engineer it was an interesting time where I learned a great deal and became besotted really with the
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4 Powerful Poems about...
a lensing effect like viewing distant street lamps through a glass of wine. A glass of wine or two now makes me weave as if acting the drunkard's part; as if, besotted with unrequited love
Video examples
The hidden history of...
information we were not in little silos I was a mathematician you're a scientist is an engineer it was an interesting time where I learned a great deal and became besotted really with the
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Quote examples
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
German Novelist
First, I was so dazzled and besotted by India. People said the poverty was biblical, and I'm afraid that was my attitude, too. It's terribly easy to get used to someone else's poverty if you're living a middle-class life in it. But after a while, I saw it wasn't possible to accept it, and I also didn't want to.
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Cliff Richard
English Musician
Of course, when I started my career, like anyone else who was 16 at the time, we were besotted by the rock-n-roll scene from America, and all I was interested in was having a career of my own.
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David Chase
American Writer
I was so besotted with '8½' that, when it was on TV, I used to take pictures with my 35-mm. camera of the frames of the film. That was the first time I'd ever really seen Italians on screen.
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David Jason
English Actor
It seems to me that as soon as politicians get in, they become part of this club, and the rest of us, beneath them, are just ants running about. They become besotted with their position.
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Anthony Bourdain
American Author
I'm not besotted with the notion of being on CNN to the point that I'm going to suddenly morph into Anderson Cooper or Christiane Amanpour. I'm not a foreign correspondent.
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Rory Stewart
British Politician
If we say the purpose of life is our children, that's neither a purpose nor a meaning. But I'm sure I will be as besotted as everybody else when I have them.
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P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
America gives every appearance of being a nation besotted with trashiness - divorce, illegitimacy, casual Fridays.
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Joseph Hall
English Clergyman
What fools are we, to be besotted with the love of our own trouble, and to hate our liberty and rest!
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Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
German Novelist
First, I was so dazzled and besotted by India. People said the poverty was biblical, and I'm afraid that was my attitude, too. It's terribly easy to get used to someone else's poverty if you're living a middle-class life in it. But after a while, I saw it wasn't possible to accept it, and I also didn't want to.
Quote examples
Cliff Richard
English Musician
Of course, when I started my career, like anyone else who was 16 at the time, we were besotted by the rock-n-roll scene from America, and all I was interested in was having a career of my own.
Quote examples
David Chase
American Writer
I was so besotted with '8½' that, when it was on TV, I used to take pictures with my 35-mm. camera of the frames of the film. That was the first time I'd ever really seen Italians on screen.
Quote examples
David Jason
English Actor
It seems to me that as soon as politicians get in, they become part of this club, and the rest of us, beneath them, are just ants running about. They become besotted with their position.
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Anthony Bourdain
American Author
I'm not besotted with the notion of being on CNN to the point that I'm going to suddenly morph into Anderson Cooper or Christiane Amanpour. I'm not a foreign correspondent.
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Rory Stewart
British Politician
If we say the purpose of life is our children, that's neither a purpose nor a meaning. But I'm sure I will be as besotted as everybody else when I have them.
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P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
America gives every appearance of being a nation besotted with trashiness - divorce, illegitimacy, casual Fridays.
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Joseph Hall
English Clergyman
What fools are we, to be besotted with the love of our own trouble, and to hate our liberty and rest!
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