drug-addled

adjective

mentally mixed-up or confused due to the usage of mind-bending drugs.

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Meanings

adjectivedrug-addled (comparative more drug-addled, superlative most drug-addled)

comparative more drug-addled · superlative most drug-addled

  1. mentally mixed-up or confused due to the usage of mind-bending drugs.

    When HBO airs “Behind the Candelabra” on May 26, the world will get to see Matt Damon play Liberace’s drug-addled, surgically enhanced lover – a role about as far from Jason Bourne as it gets.

    2013 March 11, Adam Markovitz, “Matt Damon on (maybe) returning to ‘Bourne’ and playing Liberace’s lover”, in CNN

Origin

From drug + addled.

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APA

drug-addled. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drug-addled

MLA

“drug-addled.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drug-addled. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “drug-addled,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drug-addled.

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