 bedraggled |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] limp and soiled as if dragged in the mud | |
| Synonyms: | draggled | |
| Examples: | "the beggar's bedraggled clothes" "scarecrows in battered hats or draggled skirts" |
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| Related terms: | dirty | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] in deplorable condition | |
| Synonyms: | dilapidated broken-down tatterdemalion tumble-down unsound ramshackle | |
| Examples: | "a street of bedraggled tenements" "a broken-down fence" "a ramshackle old pier" "a tumble-down shack" |
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| Related terms: | damaged | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] in deplorable condition | |
| Synonyms: | dilapidated broken-down tumble-down unsound ramshackle | |
| Examples: | "a street of bedraggled tenements" "a broken-down fence" "a ramshackle old pier" "a tumble-down shack" |
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| Related terms: | damaged | |
| Similar spelling: |
bedraggle |
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