BEDRAGGLED

bedraggled, draggled

(adjective) limp and soiled as if dragged in the mud; “the beggar’s bedraggled clothes”; “scarecrows in battered hats or draggled skirts”

bedraggled, broken-down, derelict, dilapidated, ramshackle, tatterdemalion, tumble-down

(adjective) in deplorable condition; “a street of bedraggled tenements”; “a broken-down fence”; “a ramshackle old pier”; “a tumble-down shack”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

bedraggled (comparative more bedraggled, superlative most bedraggled)

Wet and limp; unkempt.

Decaying, decrepit or dilapidated.

Synonyms

• (decaying, decrepit or dilapidated): See ramshackle

Verb

bedraggled

simple past tense and past participle of bedraggle.

Source: Wiktionary


BEDRAGGLE

Be*drag"gle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bedraggled (; p. pr. & vb. n. Bedraggling (.]

Definition: To draggle; to soil, as garments which, in walking, are suffered to drag in dust, mud, etc. Swift.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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