Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

First, I was so dazzled and besotted by India. People said the poverty was biblical, and I'm afraid that was my attitude, too. It's terribly easy to get used to someone else's poverty if you're living a middle-class life in it. But after a while, I saw it wasn't possible to accept it, and I also didn't want to.

German Novelist

Cliff Richard

Of course, when I started my career, like anyone else who was 16 at the time, we were besotted by the rock-n-roll scene from America, and all I was interested in was having a career of my own.

English Musician

David Chase

I was so besotted with '8½' that, when it was on TV, I used to take pictures with my 35-mm. camera of the frames of the film. That was the first time I'd ever really seen Italians on screen.

American Writer

David Jason

It seems to me that as soon as politicians get in, they become part of this club, and the rest of us, beneath them, are just ants running about. They become besotted with their position.

English Actor

Anthony Bourdain

I'm not besotted with the notion of being on CNN to the point that I'm going to suddenly morph into Anderson Cooper or Christiane Amanpour. I'm not a foreign correspondent.

American Author

Rory Stewart

If we say the purpose of life is our children, that's neither a purpose nor a meaning. But I'm sure I will be as besotted as everybody else when I have them.

British Politician

P. J. O'Rourke

America gives every appearance of being a nation besotted with trashiness - divorce, illegitimacy, casual Fridays.

American Comedian

Joseph Hall

What fools are we, to be besotted with the love of our own trouble, and to hate our liberty and rest!

English Clergyman

Used to describe someone so in love that they ignore flaws or common sense.

Blind Affection

Denotes an extreme level of emotion beyond just liking or having a crush.

Emotional Intensity

Primarily used in romantic contexts to convey deep infatuation.

Often Romantic

Commonly used in historical or literary contexts when referring to intoxication.

Historical Context

Indicates a state of heavy drunkenness, more than just being slightly drunk.

More Than Tipsy

Can be a polite or euphemistic way of saying someone is very drunk.

Euphemistic Tone

 a lensing effect like viewing distant street lamps through a glass of wine. A glass of wine or two now makes me weave as if acting the drunkard's part; as if, besotted with unrequited love

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 information we were not in little silos I was a mathematician you're a scientist is an engineer it was an interesting time where I learned a great deal and became besotted really with the

Besotted