bedraggled

[ bih-drag-uhld ]

/ bɪˈdræg əld /

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adjective

limp and soiled, as with rain or dirt.

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Origin of bedraggled

bedraggle + -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM bedraggled

un·be·drag·gled, adjective

Words nearby bedraggled

bedplate, bedpost, bedquilt, bedrabble, bedraggle, bedraggled, bedrail, bed rest, bedrid, bedridden, bedrock

How to use bedraggled in a sentence

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.
Albatrosses divorce more often when ocean waters warm|Richard Kemeny|November 24, 2021|Science News
The Brazilian defense, touted as impenetrable in pre-tournament hype, proved to be bedraggled, and porous.
Brazil Slips Past Croatia, Thanks to Yuichi Nishimura|Tunku Varadarajan|June 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At the end on the beach, the film shows the bedraggled crew, exhausted and relieved.
In ‘The Project,’ the Stormy Battle to Take On Somali Pirates|Eli Lake|April 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Franklin and William, covered in sweat, their clothes spangled with countless leaves, made their bedraggled way back to the road.
Benjamin Franklin, America’s First Storm Chaser|Lee Sandlin|April 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST

There were whiffs of the painfully “hipster” sensibility in which everything is a bit bedraggled and self-consciously messy.
France’s Next Generation of Designers: Cédric Charlier, Nicolas Andreas Taralis, Anthony Vaccarello|Robin Givhan|September 26, 2012|DAILY BEAST
We were sweaty and bedraggled, shirts untucked, ties yanked loose.
To Shoot or Not to Shoot|Edward Conlon|April 14, 2011|DAILY BEAST
They presented an uncouth spectacle bedraggled as they were with grime and dirty water.
Spacewrecked on Venus|Neil R. Jones
Mrs. John C. was bedraggled from loss of sleep, and defeat sat upon her shining brow.
Country Neighbors|Alice Brown
He is dressed neither in a rainbow, nor bedraggled with blood.
Lectures on Landscape|John Ruskin
Professor Zepplin made a joke of his own bedraggled condition, and the boys gave slight heed to theirs.
The Pony Rider Boys in Texas|Frank Gee Patchin
The bedraggled cat lapped milk, protected from the resentful jealousy of the station's regular feline attach by the one-eyed cook.
Blow The Man Down|Holman Day

British Dictionary definitions for bedraggled

bedraggled

/ (bɪˈdræɡəld) /

adjective

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

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