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

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.

From Science News

The Brazilian defense, touted as impenetrable in pre-tournament hype, proved to be bedraggled, and porous.

From The Daily Beast

At the end on the beach, the film shows the bedraggled crew, exhausted and relieved.

From The Daily Beast

Franklin and William, covered in sweat, their clothes spangled with countless leaves, made their bedraggled way back to the road.

From The Daily Beast

There were whiffs of the painfully “hipster” sensibility in which everything is a bit bedraggled and self-consciously messy.

From The Daily Beast

We were sweaty and bedraggled, shirts untucked, ties yanked loose.

From The Daily Beast

They presented an uncouth spectacle bedraggled as they were with grime and dirty water.

From Project Gutenberg

Mrs. John C. was bedraggled from loss of sleep, and defeat sat upon her shining brow.

From Project Gutenberg

He is dressed neither in a rainbow, nor bedraggled with blood.

From Project Gutenberg

Professor Zepplin made a joke of his own bedraggled condition, and the boys gave slight heed to theirs.

From Project Gutenberg

The bedraggled cat lapped milk, protected from the resentful jealousy of the station's regular feline attach by the one-eyed cook.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• disheveled
• run down
• seedy
• threadbare
• untidy