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Meanings of addle in English

Portuguese
confundir
Catalan
confondre
Spanish
embarullar

Mix up or confuse.

confundir
Synonyms
Examples for "puddle"
Examples for "puddle"
1
The hat in mourning for Poole found its place in a puddle.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862 / A Magaz...
2
This child of the puddle is also the child of the ideal.
Les Misérables
3
I wet my feet in a puddle in the street, she answered.
Beatrice
4
Soon he came upon a large sign, half buried in a puddle.
The Postman
5
Beneath the bench is a puddle; I think it must be urine.
Second glance
1
As a result, Park Hill is an expensive muddle at taxpayer's expense.
The Guardian
2
So in the best traditions of the British constitution things muddle through.
The Guardian
3
The girl watched the muddle of wheeled things and stiffened with indignation.
The Wrong Twin
4
In five minutes the picture was a formless, scarred muddle of colours.
The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition
5
Add a measure of Signature Release and muddle all the ingredients together.
The Irish Times
Usage of addle in English
1
The Chinese langage and manner, however, are difficult to an addle-pated foreigner.
Across China on Foot
2
Evidently it had not lost its power to addle the white mind.
Acts of faith
3
Go to bed, and don't bother your addle pate about your neighbours.
Red Pepper Burns
4
What odds if Lord Bazelhurst happened to be a middle-aged, addle-pated ass?
Master Tales of Mystery, Volume 3
5
I am not as a rule addle-headed; his influence must have affected me.
Three Men on the Bummel
6
The fumes of the wine were mounting steadily to addle his indifferent brains.
The Snare
7
Quoth the merchant in himself, This Bedouin is an addle-pated churl.
The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume II
8
Thea, however, had one in the person of her addle-pated aunt, Tillie Kronborg.
The Song of the Lark
9
There's a passage in the book that would fit half these addle-headed rhymesters.
The Guardian Angel
10
I wish you would not sit and addle your brains over those books.
Miriam's Schooling and Other Papers
11
Though he knew himself to be muddy-minded and addle-pated, he could see that.
The Last Chronicle of Barset
12
You addle-pated, insolent clown, to dispute terms with gentlemen in His Majesty's service.
Under the Storm
13
I'm her clever uncle Tom; and you're her addle-headed aunt Julia.
No Name
14
I tell you I'll not addle the boy's head with books.
The Blue Pavilions
15
I tellee once again you've an addle pate o' your own!
Anna St. Ives
16
It was universally regarded as a most addle-pated, imbecile affair from beginning to end.
Hillsboro People
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