addled
2 antonyms for addled — opposites grouped by meaning.
Adj — Of an egg, rotten and unable to hatch, containing a dead embryo.
Synonyms by Meaning
1. adj
Of an egg, rotten and unable to hatch, containing a dead embryo.
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2. adj
Confused or muddled.
“A long combat career exposed to weapons blasts had left him struggling with depression and anger, a frayed memory and addled concentration.”
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Etymology
From Middle English addled, adyld, equivalent to addle (“urine, liquid filth”) + -ed. Addle derives from Old English adel, adela (“mud, mire, liquid manure”), cognate with Old Swedish adel (“urine”), Middle Low German adel, Dutch aal (“manure”). Used in noun phrase addle egg (mid-13c.) “egg that does not hatch, rotten...
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