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mix up or confuse- But she counted and counted till she got that addled she'd start to count in the basket for a spoon sometimes; and so, three times they come out right, and three times they come out wrong.Mark Twain -- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
addled = mixed up or confused
- Because, you know, when you get scared that way, and it keeps running on, and getting worse and worse all the time, and your wits gets to addling,...Mark Twain -- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- Had the battle, the bruisings, the flaming addled her brain?Nora Roberts -- Dark Witch
- Harry is as sane as you or I. That scar upon his forehead has not addled his brains.J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- They sat him down, addled, among themselves, and took charge of the double-handled cup.Homer -- The Iliad
- The trick with addled old folks was to be agreeable.Laurie Halse Anderson -- Chains
- Sadie says my brain was just addled.Rick Riordan -- The Red Pyramid
- He was ridiculed as old, addled, and toothless.David McCullough -- John Adams
- But its gleam was addled.Eudora Welty -- The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty
- The truth was, he was harebrained but clever—made into such a reliable turnip by the medical experiments which had addled his thought processes.William Styron -- Sophie's Choice
- You'll addle your brain, that's what you'll do, Philip.'W. Somerset Maugham -- Of Human Bondage
- They intentionally mispronounce the stately diplomat's name, calling him "Addle-Eye."Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard -- Killing Kennedy
- I do hope they're not addled!'Eugene Ionesco -- The Future Is in Eggs
- "To speak plainly," said Nikabrik, "your wallet's empty, your eggs addled, your fish uncaught, your promises broken.C.S. Lewis -- Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia
- I dim the eyes and addle the brain.Rick Riordan -- The House of Hades
- By the entrance to the compound a few rabbits hopped aimlessly, too addled by their sudden freedom to make a break for it.Scott Westerfeld -- Uglies
- "You know he has nothing to recommend him but money and a ridiculous roll of addle-headed predecessors; now, don't you?"Charles Dickens -- Great Expectations
- I needed to keep his addled attention on my questions.John Green -- The Fault in Our Stars
- Hickey's addled the little brains he's got.Eugene O'Neill -- The Iceman Cometh
- Other reporters thought he was addled.Laura Hillenbrand -- Seabiscuit