addlebrained

1. 1.

   stupid and confused

   “blathering like the addlepated nincompoop that you are”

   “a confused puddingheaded, muddleheaded fellow”

   Synonymsaddlepatedpuddingheadedmuddleheaded

   Similarconfused

Questions about addlebrained

What does addlebrained mean?

addlebrained means "stupid and confused".

How many syllables are in addlebrained?

addlebrained has 3 syllables: add-le-brained. The stress falls on "add".

What is another word for addlebrained?

Close synonyms include addlepated, puddingheaded, muddleheaded. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is addlebrained a common word?

addlebrained is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.