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bedraggled
[ bih-drag-uhld ]
adjective
- limp and soiled, as with rain or dirt.
bedraggled
/ bɪˈdræɡəld /
adjective
- (of hair, clothing, etc) limp, untidy, or dirty, as with rain or mud
Other Words From
- unbe·draggled adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of bedraggled1
Example Sentences
Warmer water means fewer nutrients, so some birds may be fueling up out at sea for longer, delaying their return to the colony or turning up bedraggled and unappealing.
The Brazilian defense, touted as impenetrable in pre-tournament hype, proved to be bedraggled, and porous.
At the end on the beach, the film shows the bedraggled crew, exhausted and relieved.
Franklin and William, covered in sweat, their clothes spangled with countless leaves, made their bedraggled way back to the road.
There were whiffs of the painfully “hipster” sensibility in which everything is a bit bedraggled and self-consciously messy.
We were sweaty and bedraggled, shirts untucked, ties yanked loose.
They presented an uncouth spectacle bedraggled as they were with grime and dirty water.
Mrs. John C. was bedraggled from loss of sleep, and defeat sat upon her shining brow.
He is dressed neither in a rainbow, nor bedraggled with blood.
Professor Zepplin made a joke of his own bedraggled condition, and the boys gave slight heed to theirs.
The bedraggled cat lapped milk, protected from the resentful jealousy of the station's regular feline attach by the one-eyed cook.
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