besotted

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My source remembers vividly that Mojtaba was totally besotted with the apocalypse and was also just a very shrewd, intelligent guy.

From Slate • Mar. 11, 2026

Which would concern her much more if she weren’t besotted by the newest member of the faculty.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

Fairly early in his lengthy investment career, in the mid-1960s, this thrifty son of Yorkshire, England, grew besotted with speculative small-cap stocks.

From Barron's • Dec. 31, 2025

I was immediately besotted by the band’s hookiness, the way their songs felt both precise and slightly feral.

From Salon • Dec. 30, 2025

I like this word besotted, suggestive as it is of sogginess, soppiness, flies drunk on syrup.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood