[
UK
/ˈædəl/
]
[ US /ˈædəɫ/ ]
[ US /ˈædəɫ/ ]
VERB
-
mix up or confuse
He muddled the issues -
become rotten
addled eggs
How To Use addle In A Sentence
- The four of us stayed for a couple of nights in the Rest House at Takoradi, which gave us a few hours to walk the beaches and paddle in the ocean, and to luxuriate in the fresh sea breezes after the heavy atmosphere of the interior.
- We paddled a little boat in the West Lake.
- Employers and business groups contend that a higher minimum wage would saddle them with higher labor costs.
- Season with salt and pepper and tie string around each saddle to secure the caul fat.
- The double nosewheel straddled the slots in the deck where the shuttle ran. THE SHADOWS OF POWER
- It is also her misfortune to have been saddled with an unappetisingly needy role. Times, Sunday Times
- He spun a chair around and straddled it as he sat down, folding his arms across the wrought iron back.
- Their preferences ultimately shaped the place of worship that Warren built, and the result of that consumer-driven approach to creating Saddleback is a deliberately contemporary, highly professionalized operation with a carefully orchestrated feel-good atmosphere. American Grace
- Ivaric raced down to the stables, shouted at a groom to saddle his grey horse Maila, and smiled as he saw his father sitting in a shady arbour at one end of the courtyard, looking thoughtful.
- Cleland was occupied with his visual recorder, surveyor, gravitometer, and whatever else he could wield in the saddle, or simply with gazing around. Starfarers