Addle

/ˈæ.dəl/

Synonyms for "addle" (96 found)

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Verb(5 words)

muddlebad eggbefuddles bewilder bewilderment

addle the witsamaze astound baffleball upbamboozle beat becloud bedazzle befuddle bemuse besot bewilder boggle

Adjective(1 words)

addled

Strong matches (28)

bother buffalo bug cloud confound confuse daze dazzle discombobulate discomfit discompose disconcert disorganize disorient distract disturb dizzy dumbfound embarrass entangle

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flabbergast floor flummox flurry fluster

Verb(3 words)

confuse confusion dunce

Related words (48)

flutter fog fuddle fuss get inebriate intoxicatekeep in suspenselick maze mistmix upmoider muddle mull mystify nonplus perplex perturb pother

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put outpuzzleraise hellrattle ruffle stick stump stupefy throwthrow into confusionthrow offthrow outturn unsettle upset

Verb(13 words)

fog foolgo badgo rancididiot mebaral perplex puddle rotrotten eggsimpleton spoilspoiled egg

Related word relations

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More general

14 entries

condition confuseconfuse verbeggfood itemgo badhuman beingjumblemental statemix upperson spoilspoil verbstate

More specific

13 entries

bewilder bewildermentclouded judgmentdazeegg spoilagefoolmental fogmuddle perplex rotrotten eggsimpletonspoiled egg

Collocations

10 entries

addle eggsaddled brainaddled eggsaddled mindaddled stateaddled thinkingegg spoilagemental addlespoilage of eggsstate of addle

Inflections

3 entries

addled addles addling

Derivations

3 entries

addlebrained addled addlement

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The fumes of the wine were mounting steadily to addle his indifferent brains.

Source: tatoeba (11393549)

Pan. Troilus! Why, he esteems her no more than I esteem an addle egg. Cres. If you love an addle egg as well as you love an idle head, you would eat chickens i' the shell.

Source: wiktionary

It was a feathered riddle; a mystery hatched out of an egg, and just as mysterious as if the egg had been addle!

Source: wiktionary

addle brains

Source: wiktionary

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