Doddering
Doddering adjective - Mentally or physically infirm with age.
Usage example: his mother was doddering and frail
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Synonyms for Doddering
Senile is a synonym for doddering in aged topic. In some cases you can use "Senile" instead an adjective "Doddering", when it comes to topics like youth, feeble, tottering. popular alternative
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First portrayed as a doddering, almost-senile old woman who wants nothing more to do with her village and its politics, beyond berating the village elders of Sungakure for relying on Konoha instead of training to be more powerful themselves.
Source: Retired Badass -
Failure Is the Only Option: If Roy tries to convince everyone that he is not a doddering old man whose mind is going, he will invariably end up on the floor of a public toilet, having just accidentally peeked on a man with his trousers down, pretending that he's senile to escape the usual fallout.
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In Mary Shelley's Frankenhole, Frankenstein and Elizabeth's two sons, Heinrich and Gustav, are doddering, senile old men while Victor and Elizabeth, due to an immortality potion, are still physically young adults.
Source: Supernaturally Young Parent
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