1. making confused or muddled; causing to become rotten or spoiled
Usage: present participle of ‘addle’

1. causing confusion or mental cloudiness
Usage: often used before nouns

Examples

• The complex math problem was addling his brain.
• The heat was addling her thoughts during the exam.
• The addling effects of the medication made it hard to concentrate.
• Too much information at once can have an addling effect on students.
• The eggs were addling in the hot sun.
• His addling speech confused the entire audience.