addled

[ ad-ld ]

adjective

confused, especially mentally:Given her addled state, the police discounted much of what the witness had to say.
(of an egg) not able to produce viable young:One of the nests had two chicks and two addled eggs.

verb

Origin of addled

It finally looks like New York, which is perpetually addled by traffic, will be constructing a new expressway.
Electricity Superhighway | | October 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Iggy's relatively mature response to this drug-addled drivel?
Who Dat, Who Dat? It’s Snoop Dogg Saying Misogynistic Things to I-G-G-Y | Amy Zimmerman | October 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
People worked all hours, often addled with booze and drugs, and casual sex was readily available.
Murdoch on the Rocks: How a Lone Reporter Revealed the Mogul's Tabloid Terror Machine | Clive Irving | August 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Similarly irresistible to newscasters was the notion of drug-addled newborns—and warnings of a “crack baby” epidemic.
Breaking: Trend Stories Are Bullsh*t | Bonnie Bertram | April 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The context of you being a mixed-up, hormone-addled seventh-grader when you read it, alone in your bedroom.
Lifetime’s ‘Flowers in the Attic’ Review: The Incest Is There, The Strange Magic Is Not | Andrew Romano | January 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST

But Colonel L'Estrange, who had been there about a fortnight before, found two addled eggs, but saw no birds.
Birds of Guernsey (1879) | Cecil Smith
I know ye make a dandy good district marshal, but ye are slippin'—goin' addled 'bout this funeral business.
David Lannarck, Midget | George S. Harney
His brain must be addled by having had too much to drink this morning.
Amphitryon | Moliere
Come, tell me in what decent tavern you have addled your brain?
Amphitryon | Moliere
Now in my poor addled brain I had an idea you were engaged for to-night at your aunt's, Lady Blackfriars'.
The Title | Arnold Bennett

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