besotted

be·sot·ted | \ bi-ˈsä-təd

, bē- \

Definition of besotted

1 : blindly or utterly infatuated besotted lovers They have a mad affair. He is besotted. But she is an expensive partner, and he needs money to keep her in style.— Newgate Callendar The husband … seems besotted with his wife and horribly jealous of the bird she's protecting.— Edmund White

2 : intoxicated or stupefied especially with drink … longed only to get out of the house for a lively evening with his old cronies, who were boorish, bumbling and besotted every last one of them.— Dennis Drabelle We issued into an empty street through a half-open door, staggering like besotted revellers.— Joseph Conrad

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Synonyms

blasted
[slang],
blind,
blitzed
[slang],
blotto
[slang],
bombed,
boozy,
canned
[slang],
cockeyed,
crocked,
drunk,
drunken,
fried,
gassed,
hammered
[slang],
high,
impaired,
inebriate,
inebriated,
intoxicated,
juiced
[slang],
lit,
lit up,
loaded
[slang],
looped,
oiled
[slang],
pickled,
pie-eyed,
plastered,
potted
[slang],
ripped
[slang],
sloshed
[slang],
smashed
[slang],
sottish,
soused,
sozzled,
squiffed
(or squiffy),
stewed,
stiff,
stinking
[slang],
stoned,
tanked
[slang],
tiddly
[chiefly British],
tight,
tipsy,
wasted
[slang],
wet,
wiped out
[slang]

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Examples of besotted in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Put simply, the United States does have choices in the Middle East, even if most members of our hidebound and war-besotted foreign policy establishment remain willfully blind to them. — Andrew Bacevich, Twin Cities, "Andrew Bacevich: Why President Trump can’t end ‘endless wars’," 13 Dec. 2019 Will is pursued by a besotted friend who plays provocatively with binary conceptions of gender. — The Economist, "Love in the time of the Black Death," 29 Aug. 2019 But by this time, Henry was already deeply besotted with his own mistress Jane Seymour; he would be betrothed to her the day after Boleyn’s execution. — Suyin Haynes, Time, "Anne Boleyn Has Had a Bad Reputation for Nearly 500 Years. Here's How One Historian Wants to Change That," 2 Dec. 2019 Will is pursued by a besotted friend who plays provocatively with binary conceptions of gender. — The Economist, "Love in the time of the Black Death," 29 Aug. 2019 Will is pursued by a besotted friend who plays provocatively with binary conceptions of gender. — The Economist, "Love in the time of the Black Death," 29 Aug. 2019 Will is pursued by a besotted friend who plays provocatively with binary conceptions of gender. — The Economist, "Love in the time of the Black Death," 29 Aug. 2019 Will is pursued by a besotted friend who plays provocatively with binary conceptions of gender. — The Economist, "Love in the time of the Black Death," 29 Aug. 2019 Will is pursued by a besotted friend who plays provocatively with binary conceptions of gender. — The Economist, "Love in the time of the Black Death," 29 Aug. 2019

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22 Dec 2019

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“Besotted.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/besotted. Accessed 23 January 2020.

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