"addled" in the verb sense

1. addle, muddle, puddle

mix up or confuse

"He muddled the issues"

2. addle

become rotten

"addled eggs"

"addled" in the adjective sense

1. addled

of eggs) no longer edible

"an addled egg"

2. addled, befuddled, muddled, muzzy, woolly, wooly, woolly-headed, wooly-minded

confused and vague used especially of thinking

"muddleheaded ideas"

"your addled little brain"

"woolly thinking"

"woolly-headed ideas"

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