Doddering (Adjective)
Meaning
Mentally or physically infirm with age; "his mother was doddering and frail".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The doddering old man struggled to recall his own name, a victim of the cruel effects of time.
- Her doddering grandmother required constant care and supervision, unable to perform even the simplest tasks.
- As the years went by, the once-sharp politician became doddering and out of touch with the needs of his constituents.
- The doddering patient shuffled slowly down the hospital corridor, aided by a nurse and a walker.
- The doddering professor's lectures had become increasingly incoherent, a sad decline from his former brilliance.