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addle-brained

addle-brained adjective: muddled in thought or mind; foolish; stupid.

Adjective

addle-brained (comparative more addle-brained, superlative most addle-brained)

  1. Muddled in thought or mind; foolish; stupid.
    • She could tell him about Rusty, about the rush wedding, but then she'd have to admit what an addle-brained twit she'd been, running off without a thought or a prayer to marry a man for no reason other than that he'd asked her to.2003, Loree Lough, An Accidental Hero, Steeple Hill Books, →ISBN
    • “You know,” Collier said, “this is exactly the sort of fuzzy, addle-brained thinking that gives birth to conspiracy theories. […]2005, Mike Lawson, The Inside Ring, Grove Press, →ISBN, page 236

Forms of addle-brained

comparativemore addle-brained
superlativemost addle-brained

Questions about addle-brained

What does addle-brained mean?
Addle-brained means muddled in thought or mind; foolish; stupid.
What part of speech is addle-brained?
Addle-brained is an adjective.

Words near addle-brained in the dictionary

  1. ADDL
  2. addle
  3. addle pate
  4. addle pates
  5. addle-brain
  6. addle-brained
  7. addle-brains
  8. addle-headed
  9. addle-pated
  10. addle-patedness
  11. addle-plot

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