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View synonyms for addled
addled
[ ad-ld ]
adjective
- confused, especially mentally:
Given her addled state, the police discounted much of what the witness had to say.
- (of an egg) not able to produce viable young:
One of the nests had two chicks and two addled eggs.
verb
- the simple past tense and past participle of addle ( def ).
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- un·ad·dled adjective
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Origin of addled1
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