addlepated

ad·dle·pat·ed

adj \ˈa-d^əl-ˌpā-təd\

Definition of ADDLEPATED

1

: being mixed up : confused

2

: eccentric

Examples of ADDLEPATED

1. <some addlepated clerk had confused our hotel reservation with that of another, similarly named, party>

First Known Use of ADDLEPATED

1630

Related to ADDLEPATED

Synonyms: addle, addled, dizzy, bedeviled, befogged, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, bushed [chiefly Australian], confounded, confused, dazed, distracted, dopey (also dopy), fogged, mixed-up, muddleheaded, muzzy, pixilated (also pixillated), punch-drunk, punchy, raddled, shell-shocked, silly, slaphappy, spaced-out (or spaced), spacey (also spacy), stunned, stupefied, zonked, zonked-out

Antonyms: clearheaded, unconfused

Related Words: senseless, unconscious

Near Antonyms: alert, conscious

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Rhymes with ADDLEPATED

animated, antiquated, caffeinated, calculated, castellated, complicated, corrugated, crenellated, dedicated, educated, elevated, hyphenated, integrated, laminated, liberated, mentholated, perforated, pileated, pixilated, saturated, simulated, syncopated, tessellated, unabated, uncreated, understated, variegated