as in enraptured (by)
filled with an intense or excessive love for
was so besotted by the movies that as a kid he'd sometimes spend all day staring up at the silver screen
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obsessed
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Football has become obsessed with globalisation, but the sport — as opposed to the business — is still fuelled by what happens at a local level.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
3 July 2025 -
Studios is out with Alicia Silverstone in erotic thriller Pretty Thing as a successful executive in a torrid affair with a younger man (Karl Glusman) who becomes obsessed with her.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
3 July 2025
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“Besotted (by).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/besotted%20%28by%29. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.
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