- ə ld adjective
Etymology: origin unknown
1. : confused , befuddled
if you'd been as raddled as I was last night — Norman Douglas
a raddled old man
2. : worn , broken , broken-down
factories lay like raddled skeletons — Time
that raddled but still noble face — Esther Forbes
battered trumpets … raddled radios — New Yorker
the mouth was firm … in the loose, raddled flesh about it — Eric Ambler