v. ad•dled, ad•dling, ad•dles
Definition: To muddle; confuse:
1. To become confused.
2. To become rotten, as an egg.
Origin : Middle English adel filth, from Old English adela; akin to Middle Low German adele liquid manure
First Known Use: 1682
Synonyms: DIZZY, ADDLED, ADDLEPATED, BEDEVILED, BEFOGGED, BEFUDDLED, BEMUSED, BEWILDERED, BUSHED [chiefly Australian], CONFOUNDED, CONFUSED, DAZED, DISTRACTED, DOPEY (also DOPY), FOGGED, MIXED-UP, MUDDLEHEADED, MUZZY, PIXILATED (also PIXILLATED), PUNCH-DRUNK, PUNCHY, RADDLED, SHELL-SHOCKED, SILLY, SLAPHAPPY, SPACED-OUT (or SPACED), SPACEY (also SPACY), STUNNED, STUPEFIED, ZONKED, ZONKED-OUT
Antonyms: CLEARHEADED, UNCONFUSED
Used in a sentence: "Hula must have been somewhat addled when she went to bed last night as she found the cordless phone in her purse this morning right next to her Blackberry."
