Addled

Quick meaning: Addled is a verb meaning simple past and past participle of addle.

Meaning

simple past and past participle of addle.

More Meanings

1. (of eggs) Bad, rotten; inviable, containing a dead embryo.
2. (figurative, of persons or their thoughts) Confused; mixed up.
3. (obsolete) Morbid, corrupt, putrid, or barren.

Example Sentences

crack-addled

[…] my addled brain required as much sleep as an infant.

But she counted and counted till she got that addled she’d start to count in the basket for a spoon sometimes; […].

I haven’t a bit o’ patience with you—sitting on an addled egg for ever, as if there was never a fresh un in the world.

Synonyms for addled

Depending on context, synonyms include addle, addleheaded, addlebrained, addlepated, muddled, muddied.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include stale, muddled, muzzy, confused, befuddled, woolly-headed.

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