Addle
verb
To confuse or make someone not think clearly.
The loud noises in the street are addling my brain and I can't concentrate on my studies.
Often appears as...
- addle one's brain
- addle one's mind
verb
To become rotten or spoiled (usually used in reference to eggs).
Be careful not to buy the eggs that are near their expiration date, they might be addled.
Often appears as...
- addle an egg
- addled eggs
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To confuse or make someone not think clearly.
The loud noises in the street are addling my brain and I can't concentrate on my studies.
Often appears as...
- addle one's brain
- addle one's mind
verb
To become rotten or spoiled (usually used in reference to eggs).
Be careful not to buy the eggs that are near their expiration date, they might be addled.
Often appears as...
- addle an egg
- addled eggs
Usage tips
Disapproving
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Pro Tip 1/3Mental Disruption
Use 'addle' to describe a temporary state where thoughts are disorganized, typically due to external factors.
After the three-hour lecture, my thoughts were completely addled.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
'Addle' suggests a negative effect on mental clarity, signifying confusion or disorientation.
Trying to do taxes in a noisy café addled my mind.
Pro Tip 3/3Human Focus
Use 'addle' especially when referring to people's minds, rather than objects or situations.
The intricate puzzle addled everyone who tried it.
Pro Tip 1/3Mental Disruption
Use 'addle' to describe a temporary state where thoughts are disorganized, typically due to external factors.
After the three-hour lecture, my thoughts were completely addled.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
'Addle' suggests a negative effect on mental clarity, signifying confusion or disorientation.
Trying to do taxes in a noisy café addled my mind.
Pro Tip 3/3Human Focus
Use 'addle' especially when referring to people's minds, rather than objects or situations.
The intricate puzzle addled everyone who tried it.
Pro Tip 1/3Mental Disruption
Use 'addle' to describe a temporary state where thoughts are disorganized, typically due to external factors.
After the three-hour lecture, my thoughts were completely addled.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
'Addle' suggests a negative effect on mental clarity, signifying confusion or disorientation.
Trying to do taxes in a noisy café addled my mind.
Pro Tip 3/3Human Focus
Use 'addle' especially when referring to people's minds, rather than objects or situations.
The intricate puzzle addled everyone who tried it.
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or horsehair worm. The worm grew to adult size within it, but it needs to get into water in order to mate, and it does that by releasing proteins that addle the cricket's brain, causing it to behave erratically. When the cricket nears a body of water,
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to last me a lifetime several lifetimes actually but my friend assured me that he wasn't Catholic nor were most of his students but he took his classes there every spring and as he had it even the most Restless distractible testosterone addled
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Lessons we can learn...
good evening so trying to figure out what I did to be assigned to follow Elvis Costello van accident when do you think of a veteran what image comes to mind a bedraggled guy on the sidewalk panhandling for change a PTSD addled
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Ed Yong: Suicidal wasps,...
or horsehair worm. The worm grew to adult size within it, but it needs to get into water in order to mate, and it does that by releasing proteins that addle the cricket's brain, causing it to behave erratically. When the cricket nears a body of water,
Video examples
Where is home? - Pico...
to last me a lifetime several lifetimes actually but my friend assured me that he wasn't Catholic nor were most of his students but he took his classes there every spring and as he had it even the most Restless distractible testosterone addled
Video examples
Lessons we can learn...
good evening so trying to figure out what I did to be assigned to follow Elvis Costello van accident when do you think of a veteran what image comes to mind a bedraggled guy on the sidewalk panhandling for change a PTSD addled
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