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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb addle which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

addled
  1. (of eggs) Bad, rotten; inviable, containing a dead embryo.
  2. Confused; mixed up.
  3. (obsolete) Morbid, corrupt, putrid, or barren.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. bewildered, confused, befuddled, dazed, stupefied, confounded, stunned, bemused, dizzy, dopey, distracted, bedevilled, bedeviled, muzzy, befogged, bushed, silly, addlepated, muddleheaded, slaphappy, punchy, zonked, pixilated, pixillated, dopy, raddled, fogged, perplexed, spacy, muddled, spacey, addle, spaced, discombobulated, fuddled, disoriented, bamboozled, woozy, disorientated, fazed, flustered, thrown, rattled, addlebrained, shaken, unbalanced, unhinged, demented, unglued, wooly … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “You're talking to me like an addled romantic.”
      “The old, addled tree stood in the middle of the forest, its decaying trunk providing shelter for various creatures.”
addle
  1. Having lost the power of development, and become rotten; putrid
  2. (by extension) Unfruitful or confused; muddled.
  3. Addled.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. confused, bewildered, dazed, befuddled, stupefied, stunned, confounded, dizzy, dopey, bemused, distracted, addled, muzzy, bedevilled, bedeviled, befogged, silly, bushed, muddleheaded, addlepated, slaphappy, punchy, zonked, pixilated, pixillated, raddled, dopy, spacy, fogged, spacey, spaced, mixed-up, spaced-out, punch-drunk, shell-shocked, zonked-out, muddled, at sea, perplexed, puzzled, groggy, woozy, out of it, fuddled, disoriented, baffled, flustered, stumped, discombobulated, flummoxed … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “She stared at the complex mathematical equation, her addle mind struggling to make sense of it.”
addlepated
  1. Addled; confused; stupid; flustered.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. confused, dazed, befuddled, bewildered, confounded, stupefied, distracted, perplexed, bedevilled, bedeviled, bemused, muddled, addled, befogged, dizzy, dopey, flustered, muddleheaded, muzzy, pixilated, pixillated, punchy, raddled, silly, slaphappy, stunned, addle, addlebrained, bushed, dopy, fogged, zonked, spaced, spacey, spacy, mixed-up, spaced-out, punch-drunk, shell-shocked, zonked-out, at sea, out of it, puzzled, fuddled, disoriented, baffled, stumped, staggered, woozy, flummoxed … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “He wrote to Zio Giacomo, who said he was an addlepated and clot-headed imbecile.”
      “Not only was he direfully cursing the trio, but also the addlepated Medcroft and his own addlepated self.”
      “Seldom have I read such a ridiculous, solemn, addlepated Joseph Surface of a thing.”
addleheaded
  1. Addled; confused; stupid; flustered.
addling
  1. present participle of addle.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. confusing, confounding, baffling, bewildering, perplexing, puzzling, mystifying, flummoxing, bamboozling, bemusing, befuddling, discombobulating, fuddling, muddling, vexing, beating, befogging, foxing, disorienting, buffaloing, stupefying, gravelling, graveling, mazing, disconcerting, muddying, getting, posing, flustering, mixing up, nonplussing, throwing, stumping, fazing, fogging, flooring, dumbfounding, dazing, distracting, obfuscating, wildering, stunning, rattling, flabbergasting, making someone scratch their head, astounding, astonishing, setting someone thinking, amazing, discomposing … more
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