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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

Puzzled or bewildered by something

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Verb

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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

balk^US

baulk^UK

hit like a ton of bricks

convolute

put someone off their stroke

cause someone to lose their composure

catch unawares

put out of countenance

put out

rattle one's cage

put someone off their stride

stop someone in their tracks

appal^UK

appall^US

demoralize^US

antagonize^US

demoralise^UK

antagonise^UK

terrorize^US

terrorise^UK

agonize^US

set someone back on their heels

agonise^UK

put someone's nose out of joint

hurt somebody's feelings

give someone the hump

destabilize^US

scandalize^US

destabilise^UK

scandalise^UK

drive you up the wall

tantalize^US

tantalise^UK

pull the rug from under

pull the rug out from under

take the wind out of your sails

lie heavy on

turn upside down

turn off

mess with someone's head

make a mess of

interfere with

rub you up the wrong way

cause confusion in

get in your hair

make cross

drive round the twist

traumatize^US

traumatise^UK

set someone's teeth on edge

make someone laugh out of the other side of their mouth

make someone laugh on the other side of their face

make somebody's hackles rise

get on the wrong side of

ruffle one's feathers

make an enemy of somebody

tread on someone's toes

be an affront to

devitalize

weigh heavily on one's mind

take your breath away

tyrannize^US

scare the bejesus out of

barrack

heckle

tyrannise^UK

stir

give someone goose pimples

scare someone out of their wits

chill to the marrow

give someone the heebie-jeebies

scare the living daylights out of

wear

mau-mau

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

throw a monkey wrench in the works of

throw a spanner in the works

paralyse^UK

paralyze^US

give a turn

fill with consternation

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“After reading the mind-bending riddles, the puzzling paradoxes started to addle his thoughts.”

Verb

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To decompose or break down, especially biologically

molder^US

mold^US

moulder^UK

mould^UK

discolor^US

discolour^UK

be past its sell-by date

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Adjective

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Puzzled or bewildered by something

bedevilled^UK

bedeviled^US

woolly^UK

wooly^US

not knowing if you are coming or going

filled with astonishment

filled with amazement

gravelled^UK

graveled^US

incredulous

marveling^US

marvelling^UK

unable to believe your eyes

unable to believe one's ears

had their heads messed with

caused to be at a stand

made to scratch their head

whirling

uncertain which way to turn

in a muddle

off-balance

in a state of confusion

caught on the wrong foot

driven to distraction

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“She stared at the complex mathematical equation, her addle mind struggling to make sense of it.”

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