Addle and Befuddled

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Addle adjective - Suffering from mental confusion.

Usage example: my brain grew more and more addle as I made my way through the tax instructions

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Befuddled and addle are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Befuddled" instead an adjective "Addle".

Nearby Words: addled, addling

Befuddled adjective - Suffering from mental confusion.

Usage example: the perennially befuddled professor was always forgetting where she'd left her glasses

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Addle and befuddled are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Addle" instead an adjective "Befuddled".

Nearby Word: befuddling

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