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¹ad·dle

adj \ˈa-d^əl\

Definition of ADDLE

1

of an egg : rotten

2

: confused

Examples of ADDLE

1. <my brain grew more and more addle as I made my way through the tax instructions>

Origin of ADDLE

Middle English adel filth, from Old English adela; akin to Middle Low German adele liquid manure

First Known Use: 1682

Related to ADDLE

Synonyms: dizzy, addled, addlepated, bedeviled, befogged, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, bushed [chiefly Australian], confounded, confused, dazed, distracted, 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

Antonyms: clearheaded, unconfused

Related Words: senseless, unconscious

Near Antonyms: alert, conscious

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Rhymes with ADDLE

paddle, raddle, saddle, spraddle, staddle, straddle