besotted

Questions about besotted

What does besotted mean?

besotted means "very drunk".

How many syllables are in besotted?

besotted has 3 syllables: be-sot-ted. The stress falls on "sot". In IPA it is /bɪˈsɔtɪd/.

What is another word for besotted?

Close synonyms include blind drunk, blotto, crocked, cockeyed, fuddled. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is besotted a common word?

besotted is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.