addled
adjective
[ ˈadld ]
• unable to think clearly; confused.
• "this might just be my addled brain playing tricks"
• (of an egg) rotten.
addle
verb
• make (someone) unable to think clearly; confuse.
• "being in love must have addled your brain"
Similar:
muddled,
confused,
fuddled,
befuddled,
bewildered,
dazed,
dizzy,
disoriented,
disorientated,
stupefied,
unbalanced,
unhinged,
demented,
deranged,
discombobulated,
woolly,
muzzy,
woozy,
dopey,
not with it,
bamboozled,
fazed,
• (of an egg) become rotten, producing no chick.
• "the extremely hot and dry weather had caused the eggs to addle"
Origin:
Middle English (in addle (adjective)): from Old English adela ‘liquid filth’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch aal and German Adel ‘mire, puddle’.
