bedraggled
adjective/bɪˈdræɡld/
/bɪˈdræɡld/
- made wet, dirty or untidy by rain, mud, etc.
- bedraggled hair/clothes
- I barely recognized the bedraggled figure who staggered in from the storm.
Word Originearly 18th cent.: from be- ‘thoroughly’ + draggle ‘to trail something through mud or water, making it wet or dirty’ + -ed.Want to learn more?
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