Meaning & use
addlepated
Confused, muddled, or momentarily unable to think clearly, often from surprise or fatigue.
See it in a sentence
He felt completely addlepated after being woken up in the middle of the night.
The addlepated old professor often forgot where he had left his glasses.
A note on using this word
Addlepated is old-fashioned and mostly literary today, related to the verb addle, meaning to confuse or muddle.
Words with a similar meaning
confusedmuddled
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Words with an opposite meaning
clear-headed
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