addle
adjective
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addle
verb
, Ëa-dá”l-iĆ \
Definition of addle (Entry 2 of 2)
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Synonyms & Antonyms for addle
Synonyms: Adjective
addled, addlepated, bedeviled, befogged, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, bushed [chiefly Australian], confounded, confused, dazed, distracted, dizzy, dopey (also dopy), fogged, mixed-up, muddleheaded, muzzy, pixilated (also pixillated), punch-drunk, punchy, raddled, shell-shocked, silly, slaphappy, spaced-out (or spaced), spacey (also spacy), stunned, stupefied, zonked, zonked-out
Synonyms: Verb
baffle, bamboozle, beat, befog, befuddle, bemuse, bewilder, buffalo, confound, confuse, discombobulate, disorient, flummox, fox, fuddle, get, gravel, maze, muddle, muddy, mystify, perplex, pose, puzzle, vex
Antonyms: Adjective
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Examples of addle in a Sentence
Adjective
my brain grew more and more addle as I made my way through the tax instructionsVerb
It's a dangerous poison that's strong enough to addle the brain. Their brains were addled with fear.
Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
Soon enough, the foursome are in the back of that truck in an adventure that begins as a moneymaking scheme and promises to become a heroic journey into the heart of white supremacy at its most virulent and addle-minded. — Ann Hornaday, Twin Cities, "âSword of Trustâ is a beguiling, smart â and surprisingly deep â comedy," 25 July 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
Our public servants should do whatâs needed to bring the park into environmental balance and try to keep it that way by addling goose eggs every year. — Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, "Letters: Defending culling of geese; Culling angers Canadian; If the shoe fitsâŠ; Give that team a raise (7/10/19)," 10 July 2019 And now the web-addled among us can pay to have the internet taken away from us, in some form of retreat. — Carrie Battan, Harper's BAZAAR, "Escaping the Seduction of Your Smartphone," 26 July 2018 Amateurs are flooding the internet; piracy has addled the once-dominant studios; production has atomized and scattered. — Amanda Hess, New York Times, "âWho Gets to Be Sexy?â," 5 May 2018 As for Claire Denis, anybody new to her methods will be addled by her breaking and stretching of the rules. — Michelle Mcnamara, The New Yorker, "âAvengers: Infinity Warâ and âLet the Sunshine Inâ," 27 Apr. 2018 This drug-addled, free-spirited nomad can't come up with a name for her unplanned baby. — Amy Shearn, Redbook, "The Best & Worst Mothers in Our Favorite Books," 2 Apr. 2013 The deal was addled by the U.K.'s surprise vote to leave the European Union and disagreement over where the combined company's headquarters should be based. — Will Hadfield And Viren Vaghela, chicagotribune.com, "CME Group takes over Britain's Nex for $5.4B, creating trading venue behemoth," 29 Mar. 2018 The deal was addled by the U.K.âs surprise vote to leave the European Union and disagreement over where the combined companyâs headquarters should be based. — Will Hadfield, Bloomberg.com, "CME to Buy Spencerâs NEX to Create Trading Venue Behemoth," 29 Mar. 2018 All of the destruction Ferguson rained down on itself for the year that followed sprang from that one errant decision: An incensed 18-year-old, his mind addled by cannabis, gave a police officer no choice. — Kyle Smith, National Review, "Ferguson: A Dramatist Corrects Journalists," 2 Nov. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'addle.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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