be·sot

(bĭ-sŏt′)

tr.v. be·sot·ted, be·sot·ting, be·sots

To muddle or stupefy, as with alcoholic liquor or infatuation.

[be- + sot, to stupefy (from sot, fool; see sot) or from assot, to befool (from Old French assoter, from sot, foolish).]

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besotted

(bɪˈsɒtɪd)

adj

1. stupefied with drink; intoxicated

2. infatuated; doting

3. foolish; muddled

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.

besotted - very drunk

slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, blind drunk, blotto, crocked, fuddled, pie-eyed, pixilated, plastered, cockeyed, loaded, wet, stiff, tight

jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"

drunk, inebriated, intoxicated - stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol); "a noisy crowd of intoxicated sailors"; "helplessly inebriated"

besotted

adjective infatuated, charmed, captivated, beguiled, doting, smitten, bewitched, bowled over (informal), spellbound, enamoured, hypnotized, swept off your feet He was completely besotted.

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besotted

adjective

Stupefied, excited, or muddled with alcoholic liquor:

crapulent, crapulous, drunk, drunken, inebriate, inebriated, intoxicated, sodden, tipsy.

Informal: cockeyed, stewed.

Slang: blind, bombed, boozed, boozy, crocked, high, lit (up), loaded, looped, pickled, pixilated, plastered, potted, sloshed, smashed, soused, stinking, stinko, stoned, tight, zonked.

Idioms: drunk as a skunk, half-seas over, high as a kite, in one's cups, three sheets in the wind.

Translations

besotted

[bɪˈsɒtɪd] ADJ

1. (= infatuated) he is besotted with her → anda loco por ella
they are besotted with love → están enamoradísimos

2. (= foolish) → atontado, entontecido

3. besotted with drink → embrutecido por la bebida

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besotted

[bɪˈsɒtɪd] adj (British) (= fervent) [fan, admirer, lover] → fervent(e)
besotted with [+ person] → entiché(e) de

besotted

adj

(= drunk) → berauscht (with von)

(= infatuated) → völlig vernarrt (→ with in +acc); (with idea) → berauscht (with von)

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besotted

[bɪˈsɒtɪd] adj besotted with sb → infatuato/a di qn