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Addle

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To muddle; confuse: "My brain is a bit addled by whiskey” ( Eugene O'Neill). See Synonyms at confuse.

verb-intransitive. To become confused.

verb-intransitive. To become rotten, as an egg.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To earn, earn by labor; earn money or one's living. — Forby.

v. To thrive or grow; to ripen.

adj. Having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid.

adj. Unfruitful or confused, as brains; muddled. John Dryden.

adj. See addled.

n. Liquid filth; mire.

n. Lees; dregs. Wright

v. To make addle; to grow addle; to muddle; as, he addled his brain.

v. To cause fertilised eggs to lose viability, by killing the developing embryo within through shaking, piercing, freezing or oiling, without breaking the shell.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. Liquid filth; mire.

n. Lees; dregs.

adj. Having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid. Hence: Unfruitful or confused, as brains; muddled.

v. To make addle; to grow addle; to muddle.

v. To earn by labor.

v. To thrive or grow; to ripen.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. Liquid filth; putrid urine or mire; the drainage from a dunghill.

n. The dry lees of wine. Bailey; Ash.

n. Same as attle.

Having lost the power of development and become rotten; putrid: applied to eggs. Hence Empty; idle; vain; barren; producing nothing; muddled, confused, as the head or brain.

To make corrupt or putrid, as eggs.

Hence To spoil; make worthless or ineffective; muddle; confuse: as, to addle the brain, or a piece of work.

To manure with liquid.

To become addled, as an egg; hence, to come to nought; be spoiled.

To earn; accumulate gradually, as money.

To produce or yield fruit; ripen.

n. Laborers' wages.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. mix up or confuse

v. become rotten

Word Usage

"One need only read the curious doublespeak of the so-called black block anarchists, the group responsible for the only destructive protests at the Vancouver Olympics, to realize what kind of addle-brained morons we're dealing with."

Verb Form

addled addles addling

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

jumble confuse mix-up spoil go bad

Form

addled addling addlepated addle plot addle-brain

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

mire lees dregs muddled muddle

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

astraddle paddle saddle straddle

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

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