addled

addled

adjective

Definition of ADDLED

1

having undergone organic breakdown <addled eggs found on a long abandoned hen's nest>

Synonyms addled, bad, corrupted, decayed, decomposed, putrefied, putrid, spoiled

Related Words curdled, fermented, off, rancid, rank, sour, soured, sourish, turned; contaminated, defiled, fouled, impure, polluted, tainted; corroded, crumbled, degenerated, deteriorated, disintegrated; decaying, decomposing, disintegrating, mildewy, moldering, moldy, putrefying, putrescent, rotting; gangrenous

Near Antonyms fresh, good, sweet; preserved, pristine, uncontaminated, undefiled, unpolluted, unspoiled, untainted, untouched

Antonyms undecomposed

2

suffering from mental confusion <one of the more addled audience members confused Ghana with Guyana>

Synonyms addle, 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

Related Words senseless, unconscious

Near Antonyms alert, conscious

Antonyms clearheaded, unconfused