Definition of "addle" []

• To muddle; confuse: "My brain is a bit addled by whiskey” ( Eugene O'Neill). See Synonyms at confuse. (verb-transitive)
• To become confused. (verb-intransitive)
• To become rotten, as an egg. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "One need only read the curious doublespeak of the so-called black block anarchists, the group responsible for the only destructive protests at the Vancouver Olympics, to realize what kind of addle-brained morons we're dealing with."
• "We’m kind of addle-headed and over-set, one way and ’tother, and can’t seem to take to any notion.”"
• "There are still more addle-brained softballs to come:"