doddery
- adjective
- /ˈdɑːdəri/
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debilitado
- After years of neglect, the doddery old car barely made it to the garage.
Examples
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But Old Sir had nowhere he wanted to go, not to the big house with one old, broken-down servant boy as doddery as himself, and not back to the little house where what had once been would never be again.
Fiction book (1995) -
By God Himself, not those doddery old windbags.
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To me, however, he came across like a doddery fool enjoying his 15 minutes of fame and the power of making billion-dollar decisions by swaying a jury with his "expertise."
Blog text (12) -
There are two people behind in the queue, raging because some doddery old fart is going through her purse looking for ones and twos to pay for her eggs.
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The doddery man needed help crossing the street safely.
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As she aged, she became more doddery, often forgetting where she put her glasses.
Synonyms
30
2.6
Often ill and looking weak or pale
25
3.9
Physically or mentally weak and low in energy
9
7.0
A living thing that is very weak and thin from old age or long illness
2
7.0
Physically weak, often with shaky or bent legs
1
8.2
Weak and unsteady because of old age, often moving slowly
Like an old woman who is weak and forgetful
Appearing weak and sick and needing care
Antonyms
How Frail
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Doddery comes from the verb dodder, which means 'to shake' or 'to move in a weak, unsteady way', so a doddery person seems shaky and unsteady, often because of old age.