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单词 addled
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(ædəld)
adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
If you describe someone as addled, you mean that they are confused or unable to think properly.
She wore a sweet and slightly addled expression.
You're talking like an addled romantic.
Synonyms: confused, silly, foolish, at sea More Synonyms of addled
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addled in British English

(ˈædəld)
adjective
1. 
confused or muddled
He plays an addled, Kurt Cobain-like rock star.
She wore a sweet and slightly addled expression.
2. 
not working properly, making one confused or muddled
3.  old-fashioned
rotten

Examples of 'addled' in a sentence
addled

A big G and T, which Art had ordered for her from the hostess, had sent her a bit addled.
Richard Francis PROSPECT HILL (2003)
I must be getting addled, he thought, as he thumbed through the book.
Hinxman, Margaret THE SOUND OF MURDER (2003)
1 (adjective) 
the ramblings of an addled mind
Synonyms
confused
People are confused about what they should eat to stay healthy.
silly
foolish
at sea
I'm totally at sea with popular culture.
bewildered
Some shoppers look bewildered by the variety of goods on offer.
mixed-up
I think he's a rather mixed-up kid.
muddled
I'm afraid I'm a little muddled. I don't know where to begin.
perplexed
She is perplexed about what to do for her daughter.
flustered
befuddled
I was befuddled with drink.
2 (adjective) 
Synonyms
off
Food starts to smell when it goes off.
turned
bad
They bought so much beef that some went bad.
rotten (informal)
I felt rotten with the flu.
rancid
the odour of rancid milk
gone bad

Additional synonyms

in the sense of at sea
I'm totally at sea with popular culture.
Synonyms
bewildered,
lost,
confused,
puzzled,
uncertain,
baffled,
adrift,
perplexed,
disconcerted,
at a loss,
mystified,
disoriented,
bamboozled (informal),
flummoxed,
at sixes and sevens
in the sense of bad
Definition
rotten or decayed
They bought so much beef that some went bad.
Synonyms
rotten,
off,
rank,
sour,
rancid,
mouldy,
fetid,
putrid,
festy (Australian, slang)
in the sense of befuddled
Definition
stupefied or confused, as through alcoholic drink
I was befuddled with drink.
Synonyms
confused,
upset,
puzzled,
baffled,
at sea,
bewildered,
muddled,
dazed,
perplexed,
taken aback,
intoxicated,
disorientated,
disorganized,
muzzy (informal),
groggy (informal),
flummoxed,
woozy (informal),
at sixes and sevens,
fuddled,
inebriated,
thrown off balance,
discombobulated (informal),
not with it (informal),
not knowing if you are coming or going

Nearby words of
addled

  • additive
  • addle
  • addle-brained
  • addled
  • address
  • address yourself to something
  • adduce

Related terms of
addled

  • addle

Synonyms of 'addled'

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