bedraggled

American  

[bih-drag-uhld] / bɪˈdræg əld /

adjective

1. limp and soiled, as with rain or dirt.

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bedraggled British  

/ bɪˈdræɡəld /

adjective

1. (of hair, clothing, etc) limp, untidy, or dirty, as with rain or mud

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Other Word Forms

• unbedraggled adjective

Etymology

Origin of bedraggled

bedraggle + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Then she caught a glimpse of her reflection, bedraggled and wide-eyed.

From Literature

Her over-romanticized vision of life across the pond, fueled by love stories like “Sense and Sensibility” set in pastoral England, starts out more bedraggled than charmed.

From Los Angeles Times

"There's always people looking a little bedraggled who just want something filling and probably with a vegetable in it," Ayesha Kalaji, from restaurant Queen of Cups said.

From BBC

The final scoreline almost did a kindness to a bedraggled Inter, such was PSG's dominance and the sheer number of chances they created.

From BBC

Hawkins lets herself get vulnerable, too, and the film never fakes a punch by pretending she’s anything more than a small, desperate and bedraggled woman with eyes that look like a bottomless well of need.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• disheveled
• run down
• seedy
• threadbare
• untidy