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单词 addlebrained
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Definition of addlebrained in US English:

addlebrained

(also addleheaded, addlepated)
adjectiveˈadlˌbrāndˈadlˌbrānd
  • Mentally muddled or lacking in common sense; confused, irrational.

    he made the addlebrained decision to install an uncertain rookie at point guard
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Let me just point out that even addlebrained as he is, Theodore is still a gentleman.
    • Was this addlebrained twit asking you to loan her a knife & then go back to using that same knife - ON FOOD?
    • It's an eponym named for the addlebrained literary character, Mrs. Malaprop.
    • Making her talking-picture debut in 1933's When Ladies Meet, Brady rapidly became one of Hollywood's most prolific portrayers of addlebrained society matrons and world-weary matriarchs.
    • The ‘sleigh ride’ my friend and I took yesterday evening in a pontoon boat on Lake Merritt was pleasantly addlebrained.
    • Her addlebrained brother Governor Bellingham who can't see beyond the end of his nose is played by Dale Place.
    • The problem is that the hostess is just this side of addlebrained.
    • The actors who play them are spectacular, especially Bremner's addlebrained Spud and Carlyle's vicious Begbie.
    • It's a pose that should not be taken seriously, nothing more than addlebrained adolescents playing naughty dress-up, bored children looking for attention.
    • So brainwashing became a pejorative, and the phrase ‘you've been brainwashed,’ a term of reproach, as if the prisoner had become addlebrained, or a simpleton, during his captivity.
    • If proposing a remake is generally an addlebrained conceit, how ridiculous is it to suggest reworking a movie by one of the greatest filmmakers of all time?
    • There is a sense of wild abandon in this addlebrained flick.
    • Ray's really just an addlebrained pothead.
    • This man is an addlebrained and barely coherent rabble-rouser.
    • Fortunately, I decided to visit in February, when the chances of becoming addlebrained from the heat, anemic from the mosquito horde, or battered by a hurricane were mercifully low.
    • His voice was persuasive; it reached a person's soul without passing by way of his head, and even to a being as addlebrained as Big João, it seemed like a balm that healed old and terrible wounds.
 
 

Definition of addlebrained in US English:

addlebrained

(also addlepated, addleheaded)
adjectiveˈadlˌbrānd
  • Mentally muddled or lacking in common sense; confused, irrational.

    he made the addlebrained decision to install an uncertain rookie at point guard
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It's a pose that should not be taken seriously, nothing more than addlebrained adolescents playing naughty dress-up, bored children looking for attention.
    • The actors who play them are spectacular, especially Bremner's addlebrained Spud and Carlyle's vicious Begbie.
    • If proposing a remake is generally an addlebrained conceit, how ridiculous is it to suggest reworking a movie by one of the greatest filmmakers of all time?
    • The problem is that the hostess is just this side of addlebrained.
    • Fortunately, I decided to visit in February, when the chances of becoming addlebrained from the heat, anemic from the mosquito horde, or battered by a hurricane were mercifully low.
    • Her addlebrained brother Governor Bellingham who can't see beyond the end of his nose is played by Dale Place.
    • It's an eponym named for the addlebrained literary character, Mrs. Malaprop.
    • Let me just point out that even addlebrained as he is, Theodore is still a gentleman.
    • The ‘sleigh ride’ my friend and I took yesterday evening in a pontoon boat on Lake Merritt was pleasantly addlebrained.
    • This man is an addlebrained and barely coherent rabble-rouser.
    • Making her talking-picture debut in 1933's When Ladies Meet, Brady rapidly became one of Hollywood's most prolific portrayers of addlebrained society matrons and world-weary matriarchs.
    • Was this addlebrained twit asking you to loan her a knife & then go back to using that same knife - ON FOOD?
    • Ray's really just an addlebrained pothead.
    • So brainwashing became a pejorative, and the phrase ‘you've been brainwashed,’ a term of reproach, as if the prisoner had become addlebrained, or a simpleton, during his captivity.
    • There is a sense of wild abandon in this addlebrained flick.
    • His voice was persuasive; it reached a person's soul without passing by way of his head, and even to a being as addlebrained as Big João, it seemed like a balm that healed old and terrible wounds.
 
 
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