raddled
/ˈɹædl̩d/
raddled is the simple past and past participle of raddle.
Meaning of raddle
Verb
raddle (third-person singular simple present raddles, present participle raddling, simple past and past participle raddled)
- To mark with raddle; to daub something red.
- To interweave or twist together.
- raddling or working it up like basket work1719 May 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, […], London: […] W[illiam] Taylor […], →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- interlace, lace, ruddle, betwine, braid, entwist, entwine, interthread, intertwine, intertwist
- To do work in a slovenly way.
Adjective
raddled (comparative more raddled, superlative most raddled)
- Worn-out and broken-down.
- In the end her divine voice would crack, screaming to foreign ears and antipodal barbarians, and her clever manner would lose all quality, simplified to a few unmistakable knock-down dodges. Then she would be at the fine climax of life and glory, still young and insatiate, but already coarse, hard...1889–1890, Henry James, The Tragic Muse […], volume (please specify the page), Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Company […], published 7 June 1890, →OCLC
- And overseeing them all, like a raddled old good-ish fairy, is Bill Nighy, playing a superannuated rocker hoping to get a Christmas number one with his cynically repackaged version of Love Is All Around.2003 November 21, Peter Bradshaw, “Love Actually”, in The Guardian
- Synonyms:
- weak, deteriorated
Synonyms of raddled
Forms of raddled
| comparative | more raddled |
|---|---|
| superlative | most raddled |
Questions about raddled
- What does raddled mean?
- Raddled means worn-out and broken-down.
- What is raddled the simple past and past participle of?
- Raddled is the simple past and past participle of raddle.
- What part of speech is raddled?
- Raddled is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce raddled?
- Raddled is pronounced /ˈɹædl̩d/.
Words near raddled in the dictionary
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