bedraggled

[ bih-drag-uhld ]

adjective

1. limp and soiled, as with rain or dirt.

bedraggled

/ bɪˈdræɡəld /

adjective

1. (of hair, clothing, etc) limp, untidy, or dirty, as with rain or mud

Other Words From

• unbe·draggled adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of bedraggled¹

bedraggle + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Owen’s bedraggled Blanche, too exhausted to keep up with her own lies, seemed complicit in her own demise.

From Los Angeles Times

Most of the marchers fell away en route, but by the end of June a Hooverville-like camp housing as many as 15,000 bedraggled men and their families had sprung up in the desolate, muddy Anacostia Flats area of Washington.

From Los Angeles Times

She wound up in a town she’d never noticed before, standing outside a bedraggled old motel, smitten.

From Los Angeles Times

Disappointed, exhausted, and bedraggled, Albright sent a hail mary to the Frothville WhatsApp thread, entreating us to donate money to hire laborers.

From Los Angeles Times

As the richest owner in North American professional sports, he had the wealth and influence to move the bedraggled franchise to a city far away from the big brother Lakers, perhaps even into his adopted hometown of Seattle.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• disheveled
• run down
• seedy
• threadbare
• untidy