addled
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Synonyms & Antonyms for addled
Synonyms
bad, corrupted, decayed, decomposed, putrefied, putrid, rotten, spoiled
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Forcing factions to compete for power and influence in a way that frustrates the fickle and addled will of We the People was baked into the American constitutional cake from the beginning, for good reason. — Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, "L’Esprit de l’Escalier, the ‘Times,’ Etc.," 27 Aug. 2019 The kids, for all their F-bombs and addled hormones, are actually all right — Max (Jacob Tremblay), Lucas (Keith L. Williams), and Thor (Brady Noon), best friends united by the prepubescent bedlam of sixth grade. — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, "Tween comedy Good Boys delivers crass silliness — and some hard-R charm," 19 Aug. 2019 In April, Wilde was the only board member to vote against dissolving the district after voters rejected a four-year, $11.5 million operational referendum that district officials said was needed to keep the debt-addled district functioning. — Bob Dohr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "The only school board member who opposed dissolving the Palmyra-Eagle district has resigned," 13 Aug. 2019 Lang, who through representatives declined to comment for this article, apparently envisioned the revival as a cross-generational jubilee: screen-addled millennials and nostalgia-prone Baby Boomers united in song. — Daniel Arkin, NBC News, "Woodstock 50: How the golden anniversary festival went off track," 20 July 2019 When the patient is a pain addled 95-year-old person, open heart surgery may not be the best idea . — Mike Oliver | Moliver@al.com, al, "My Vinyl Countdown preparing or the last post -- I need another 30 months," 10 Aug. 2019 Arizona Republican Party Chairwoman Kelli Ward, who is a doctor, tweeted what verged on a medical assessment that Mueller was an addled puppet of his investigators. — Ronald J. Hansen, azcentral, "Arizona Republican faults Mueller for Trump-Russia probe costs, casts report as waste," 24 July 2019 Unfortunately, the genial, addled paraplegic doesn’t have the same kind of business acumen as the no-nonsense owner of the nearby rendering plant where deceased pets, livestock, and roadkill all end up in vats to be boiled down into tallow. — Peter Keough, BostonGlobe.com, "Doc Talk: More moon, more Morris, more music," 18 July 2019 It’s hard to tear your eyes away even when the show gets dark because, beyond her drug-addled dysfunction, Rue is deeply human and relatable. — Hannah Hickok, Teen Vogue, "Why Our Generation Is Hooked on "Failure TV"," 11 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'addled.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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