besotted

Examples

• All

• They said Henry had kept her hidden from all eyes but his own; he was so besotted with her.

  Fiction book (1991)

• Brian was quite besotted with her and she, of course, was besotted with him.

  The Stones and Brian Jones (2024)

• The police said Adam was so besotted with me that he became pathologically jealous of Russell.

  Fiction book (1996)

• And he's gone along with it because he is completely besotted, enchanted and bedazzled by her.

  Rob Moore

• But love fills the world with fools, and I was so besotted by the maiden's dazzling beauty that...

  Fiction book (2002)

• A besotted suitor insisted that she was still alive but needed authorization to exhume her.

  Academic text (2014)

• Twenty years ago, after a fearsome falling-out with her besotted boyfriend, teenager Tara Martin went into the Outwoods to seek solace and gather her thoughts in this special spot.

  Blog text (9)

• Brian was completely besotted with her, often daydreaming about their future together.

• After just one date, she found herself besotted with him and couldn't stop smiling.

• He became besotted with the new puppy, spending all his free time playing with it.

Synonyms

I

in love

vsbesotted

∞ 1.9

Feeling strong romantic feelings for someone

is more excessive and often irrational in feeling

O

obsessed

vsbesotted

245 4.8

Very strongly interested in someone or something and thinking about them all the time

is more romantic and emotional not only persistent preoccupation

W

wild

vsbesotted

103 4.4

Very enthusiastic about someone or something

is more romantic and emotionally excessive rather than general excitement

F

fervent

vsbesotted

24 6.1

Showing very strong and true feelings, often for a person or cause

is more specifically romantic and often leads to excessive attachment

S

smitten

vsbesotted

20 5.8

Very strongly attracted to someone or something

is more enduring and often excessive rather than sudden

H

head over heels

vsbesotted

• Informal

17 3.4

Completely in love with someone

is more excessive and often foolish or uncritical

A

amorous

vsbesotted

16 7.0

Showing romantic or sexual feeling for someone

is deeper and often excessive emotional attachment rather than desire

R

rapt

vsbesotted

• Formal

11 7.5

Fully focused and very interested in something

is more romantic feeling and less neutral absorption of attention

I

infatuated

vsbesotted

11 6.1

Feeling a very strong but short attraction to someone, often without reason

is more enduring and shows excessive deep attachment

E

enamored

vsbesotted

• US

5 6.8

Very much in love with a person, place, or thing

is more overwhelming and often lacks reason

E

enthralled

vsbesotted

3 6.9

Very interested and full of wonder, unable to look away

is more romantic feeling rather than wonder or mere interest

G

gaga

vsbesotted

• Informal

2 8.2

Very excited and attracted to someone or something

is stronger and more excessive not merely playful enthusiasm

L

lovestruck

vsbesotted

1 4.8

Feeling very much in love with someone and thinking about them a lot

is more extreme and often moves into obsessive attraction

F

fascinated

vsbesotted

1 2.1

Very interested and unable to stop paying attention

is more about romantic attachment than focused intellectual interest

B

bewitched

vsbesotted

1 7.4

Under a magical spell and very attracted to someone or something

is more ordinary excessive emotion rather than magical poetic feeling

D

dotty

vsbesotted

• UK

8.2

Extremely fond of someone or something

is more intense and serious rather than silly affection

O

overfond

vsbesotted

8.1

Liking someone or something too much to be sensible

is more specifically romantic and often more emotionally overwhelming

C

captivated

vsbesotted

3.9

Very interested and pleased so you cannot stop watching or listening

is specifically romantic and often extreme not just fascination

Antonyms

D

dispassionate

• Formal

14 6.7

Not letting strong feelings affect your judgment

How Infatuated

obsessed

245 4.8

besotted

1 7.2

smitten

20 5.8

interested

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology