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addled

adjective
Updated on: 11 Sep 2017

Definition of addled

1 :thrown into confusion :confused
  • his addled brain/mind
  • … vainly endeavouring to master some task … which, to the addled brain of the crushed boy of nineteen, was a sealed and hopeless mystery.
  • —Charles Dickens
2 of an egg :rotten, addle
  • She was romantic, she was sentimental, she had a passion for little secrets and mysteries—a very innocent passion, for her secrets had hitherto always been as unpractical as addled eggs.
  • —Henry James

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First Known Use of addled

1599

addled Synonyms

Synonyms
rotten, bad, corrupted, decayed, decomposed, putrefied, putrid, spoiled
Antonyms
undecomposed
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

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