Thesaurus / addled
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Untold thousands of pain-addled patients had become hooked on what opioids provided, as had many young people who’d begun experimenting with the pills recreationally.
THE 'SAFE SUPPLY' MOVEMENT AIMS TO CURB DRUG DEATHS LINKED TO THE OPIOID CRISISPAUL MOAKLEYOCTOBER 25, 2021TIMESo instead I cracked the window, lit another one of the cigarettes I was too young to legally purchase, and surrendered to a driver who made even the most addled yellow cab driver seem like a somnolent senior in comparison.
HOW YOUNG IS TOO YOUNG TO DRIVE?WTAYLOROCTOBER 2, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINEThese bicyclists can unsettle the pedestrians—who, while watching for drivers, must also contend with the addled cyclists who are variously occupying their crosswalk—or even using the streetscape as a racecourse.
THE INTERSECTION IS A CITY’S WATERING HOLE, AND IT’S TEEMING WITH LIFE AND DANGERWTAYLORAUGUST 20, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINEEven his addled brain comprehends that only one other creature on Earth understands his true nature.
GODZILLA VS. KONG PAIRS TWO FORMIDABLE MONSTER FOES—TOO BAD ABOUT THE PEOPLESTEPHANIE ZACHAREKMARCH 31, 2021TIMEEven as Tenev wrangles toddlers at home, he’ll need to bring discipline to a company prone to behaving like a hormone-addled teenager.
ROBINHOOD’S NEXT ADVENTURE: STEALING MARKET SHARE FROM THE RICHJEFFDECEMBER 3, 2020FORTUNEBut Colonel L'Estrange, who had been there about a fortnight before, found two addled eggs, but saw no birds.
BIRDS OF GUERNSEY (1879)CECIL SMITHI know ye make a dandy good district marshal, but ye are slippin'—goin' addled 'bout this funeral business.
DAVID LANNARCK, MIDGETGEORGE S. HARNEYHis brain must be addled by having had too much to drink this morning.
AMPHITRYONMOLIERECome, tell me in what decent tavern you have addled your brain?
AMPHITRYONMOLIERENow in my poor addled brain I had an idea you were engaged for to-night at your aunt's, Lady Blackfriars'.
THE TITLEARNOLD BENNETTWORDS RELATED TO ADDLED
- addled
- agitated
- anxious
- beside oneself
- bothered
- concerned
- confused
- crazed
- crazy
- discomposed
- distracted
- distrait
- distressed
- flustered
- frantic
- harassed
- hysterical
- in a panic
- like a chicken with its head cut off
- mad
- muddled
- nonplussed
- nuts
- out of one's mind
- overwrought
- perturbed
- rattled
- raving
- shook-up
- thrown
- tormented
- troubled
- unglued
- unscrewed
- unzipped
- wild
- worried
- addled
- befuddled
- bemused
- bewildered
- blind
- blinded
- dazed
- dazzled
- distracted
- disturbed
- dumb
- dumbfounded
- faint
- gaga
- giddy
- groggy
- hazy
- light
- muddled
- off balance
- out of control
- punch-drunk
- punchy
- puzzled
- reeling
- shaky
- slap-happy
- staggered
- staggering
- swimming
- tipsy
- unsteady
- upset
- vertiginous
- weak in the knees
- weak-kneed
- whirling
- wobbly
- woozy
- addled
- backward
- besotted
- boring
- brainless
- daffy
- daft
- dense
- dim
- dim-witted
- doltish
- dumb
- feeble-minded
- half-baked
- ignorant
- imbecilic
- indolent
- insensate
- low
- moronic
- not bright
- numskulled
- obtuse
- scatterbrained
- shallow
- simple
- simple-minded
- slow
- sluggish
- stolid
- stupid
- thick
- unintellectual
- vacuous
- wearisome
- witless
- addled
- backward
- besotted
- boring
- brainless
- daffy
- daft
- dense
- dim
- dim-witted
- doltish
- dumb
- feeble-minded
- half-baked
- ignorant
- imbecilic
- indolent
- insensate
- low
- moronic
- not bright
- numskulled
- obtuse
- scatterbrained
- shallow
- simple
- simple-minded
- slow
- sluggish
- stolid
- stupid
- tedious
- thick
- unintellectual
- vacuous
- wearisome
- witless
- abashed
- addled
- addlepated
- at a loss
- at sea
- at sixes and sevens
- baffled
- befuddled
- bewildered
- come apart
- confounded
- confusional
- dazed
- discombobulated
- disconcerted
- disorganized
- distracted
- flummoxed
- flustered
- fouled-up
- glassy-eyed
- gone
- misled
- mixed up
- muddled
- nonplussed
- not with it
- out to lunch
- perplexed
- perturbed
- punch-drunk
- punchy
- puzzled
- screwy
- shook-up
- shot to pieces
- slaphappy
- spaced out
- stumped
- taken aback
- thrown
- thrown off balance
- turbid
- unglued
- unscrewed
- unzipped
- addled
- befuddled
- bemused
- bewildered
- blind
- blinded
- dazed
- dazzled
- distracted
- disturbed
- dumb
- dumbfounded
- faint
- gaga
- giddy
- groggy
- hazy
- light
- lightheaded
- muddled
- off balance
- out of control
- punch-drunk
- punchy
- puzzled
- shaky
- slap-happy
- staggered
- staggering
- swimming
- tipsy
- unsteady
- upset
- vertiginous
- weak in the knees
- weak-kneed
- whirling
- wobbly
- woozy
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