Bedraggled
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /bɪˈdɹæɡl̩d/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Bedraggled is an adjective meaning Wet, limp, and unkempt; in disarray due to being doused with water, exposed to the elements, etc.
Meaning
Wet, limp, and unkempt; in disarray due to being doused with water, exposed to the elements, etc.
More Meanings
- Decaying, decrepit or dilapidated.
- simple past and past participle of bedraggle.
Example Sentences
No three tramps that one could have met in a Surrey lane could have looked more hopeless and bedraggled.
As a rule he was neat in his person, but now his clothes were in disorder. He looked suddenly bedraggled. I was convinced he had been drinking, and I smiled.
It was a tall, shabby building, that cannot have been painted for years, and it had so bedraggled an air that the houses on each side of it looked neat and clean.
Finally delivering “Room on Fire,” the follow-up to their much ballyhooed debut album, the well-heeled but stylishly bedraggled locals try to dispel accusations of one-trick-ponyism.
Synonyms for bedraggled
Depending on context, synonyms include blowsy, dishevelled, dowdy, dowdyish, downgone, qualifier.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include unclean, soiled, ramshackle, dirty, dilapidated, damaged.
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