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Synonyms & Antonyms of addle
(Entry 1 of 2)
suffering from mental confusion
- my brain grew more and more addle as I made my way through the tax instructions
Synonyms for addle
- 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
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addle
verbSynonyms & Antonyms of addle (Entry 2 of 2)
to throw into a state of mental uncertainty
- after slipping on the ice, Bethany was so addled that she left her groceries where they'd fallen
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“Addle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/addle. Accessed 28 Sep. 2022.
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The first known use of addle was in 1652
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