besotted.

1. Completely absorbed in love or admiration, often to the point of losing ordinary judgment.

2. Drunk or strongly affected by alcohol or another intoxicant.

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Words that belong together

• besotted with someone
• besotted by music
• besotted with an idea
• besotted with drink
• a besotted reveler
• visibly besotted

On the page

He was so besotted with the violinist that he forgot his own train stop.

By closing time, the besotted guests had forgotten why they came.

Usage notes

Usually followed by “with” or “by”; it can describe intense romantic attachment or, in a separate literal sense, intoxication. Sense 2: This literal sense is less common in everyday use than the figurative sense of being deeply infatuated.