Meaning & use
besotted
Strongly infatuated with someone, often to the point of losing good judgment.
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He was completely besotted with her from the moment they met at the party.
The besotted teenager wrote his crush's name in the margins of every notebook he owned.
A note on using this word
Besotted usually takes 'with,' as in 'besotted with someone,' and often implies the infatuation clouds one's judgment.
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