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单词 besotted
释义

besotted

adjective

be·​sot·​ted bi-ˈsä-təd How to pronounce besotted (audio)
bē-
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
besottedly adverb
She had gone back with him to his flat that first night blindly and besottedly in love with him. Anne Mulcock
besottedness noun
I was besotted with the idea and the reality of Venice, and that besottedness has never quite left me … Erica Jong

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
  • squiffy
  • stewed
  • stiff
  • stinking [slang]
  • stoned
  • tanked [slang]
  • tiddly [chiefly British]
  • tight
  • tipsy
  • wasted [slang]
  • wet
  • wiped out [slang]
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Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Life begins when a besotted pregnant woman wants to have and love that precious baby. WSJ, 8 July 2022 His relationship with painting was akin to that of a besotted lover with a domineering partner: The pleasure is deranging, but the cost to one’s equanimity steep. Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 22 June 2022 As one of Hollywood’s most legendary heartthrobs, Depp enjoys a large and besotted fan base. New York Times, 26 May 2022 Opening April 28 at Los Angeles’ Geffen Playhouse, the new production, directed by Gordon Greenberg, also stars Aimee Carrero as Honey, Graham Phillips as her husband, Nick, and Calista Flockhart as George’s besotted wife, Martha. Jordan Riefe, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Apr. 2022 The bright-sounding Gabriella Reyes had a vibrant Indi Robinson at her side who helped push away the besotted Jaquino, portrayed by the equally lively tenor José Simerilla-Romero and actor Gregor Lopes. Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2022 Andreas lives in a deeply religious Bavarian hamlet with Claudia, his besotted, church-frequenting, apron dress wearing wife. John Hopewell, Variety, 6 Apr. 2022 In 2019, the latest incarnation of Crimso, still fronted by Fripp, embarked on a 50th-anniversary tour, playing dense, precise, and impeccably arranged versions of its pulverizing repertoire before besotted audiences. David Browne, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2022 One tells the story of Frank Pike, an ex-I.R.A. fighter recruited by the Nazis to fan anti-British sentiment in Ireland, through the fastidious diary of his besotted German handler, Adrian de Groot. The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1580, in the meaning defined at sense 1

besotted

adjective

as in drunk
being under the influence of alcohol the friends agreed they couldn't let him drive in his besotted condition

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • drunk
  • drunken
  • fried
  • impaired
  • wet
  • blind
  • wasted
  • inebriated
  • intoxicated
  • tipsy
  • plastered
  • inebriate
  • bombed
  • sottish
  • loaded
  • sozzled
  • pickled
  • soused
  • gassed
  • sloshed
  • boozy
  • lit
  • stoned
  • crocked
  • blotto
  • smashed
  • stewed
  • ripped
  • stinking
  • pie-eyed
  • squiffy
  • under the influence
  • cockeyed
  • hammered
  • tiddly
  • alcoholic
  • blitzed
  • blasted
  • potted
  • juiced
  • tanked
  • looped
  • stiff
  • squiffed
  • high
  • lit up
  • befuddled
  • wiped out
  • oiled
  • canned
  • tight
  • maudlin
  • stupefied
  • in one's cups
  • three sheets to the wind
  • debauched
  • three sheets in the wind
  • under the weather
  • dopey
  • dissolute
  • in the bag
  • beery
  • dissipated
  • crapulous
  • strung out
  • rocky
  • bleary-eyed
  • bibulous
  • dopy
  • dipsomaniacal

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • sober
  • straight
  • dry
  • temperate
  • abstemious
  • teetotal
  • abstinent
  • cool
  • steady
  • level
  • clearheaded
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