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What is another word for addle?

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Verb

To confound or perplex someone

To decompose or break down, especially biologically

Adjective

Feeling confused mentally

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To confound or perplex someone

make someone scratch their head

cause to be at a stand

knock the stuffing out of

hit like a ton of bricks

baulk^UK

balk^US

put out of countenance

put out

rattle one's cage

put someone off their stride

cause someone to lose their composure

put someone off their stroke

stop someone in their tracks

demoralize^US

appal^UK

antagonize^US

appall^US

demoralise^UK

antagonise^UK

terrorize^US

terrorise^UK

set someone back on their heels

put someone's nose out of joint

agonize^US

agonise^UK

give someone the hump

hurt somebody's feelings

destabilize^US

scandalize^US

destabilise^UK

scandalise^UK

drive you up the wall

tantalize^US

tantalise^UK

zing

make a scene

injure

drive round the twist

pull the rug from under

pull the rug out from under

rub you up the wrong way

egg on

take the wind out of your sails

lie heavy on

turn off

mess with someone's head

traumatize^US

traumatise^UK

set someone's teeth on edge

make somebody's hackles rise

get on the wrong side of

ruffle one's feathers

make an enemy of somebody

steam up

make someone laugh out of the other side of their mouth

make someone laugh on the other side of their face

tread on someone's toes

weigh heavily on one's mind

misplease

put to shame

get one's comeuppance

take down a peg

take down

take the wind out

make someone eat humble pie

shout down

take your breath away

tyrannize^US

scare the bejesus out of

give someone goose pimples

chill to the bone

scare away

scare someone out of their wits

chill to the marrow

give someone the heebie-jeebies

scare the living daylights out of

tyrannise^UK

put the fear of God into

make someone jump out of their skin

make one's blood run cold

make one's flesh creep

give one the creeps

make teeth chatter

scare someone half to death

make one's hair stand on end

throw into a fright

scare off

throw into a blue funk

paralyse^UK

paralyze^US

give a turn

mess up

fill with consternation

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“I suppose the shock had addled his poor brain.”

Verb

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To decompose or break down, especially biologically

molder^US

mold^US

moulder^UK

mould^UK

be past its sell-by date

discolor^US

discolour^UK

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“The heat had addled the milk and the stink made her retch.”

Adjective

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Feeling confused mentally

bedevilled^UK

bedeviled^US

woolly^UK

wooly^US

not knowing if you are coming or going

gravelled^UK

graveled^US

going round in circles

off-balance

off balance

in a state of confusion

had their heads messed with

besotted

confusticated

got

caused to be at a stand

made to scratch their head

marveling^US

marvelling^UK

wondering

abstracted

at wits' end

uncertain which way to turn

brought to a standstill

having lost one's way

off the right track

going in circles

having lost one's bearings

not knowing whether one is coming or going

not knowing if one is coming or going

with Alzheimer's disease

whacko

unscrewed

in a flap

driven to distraction

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