bedraggled Meaning, Definition & Usage
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verb make wet and dirty, as from rain
bedraggle; draggle.
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adjective satellite limp and soiled as if dragged in the mud
draggled.
- the beggar's bedraggled clothes
- scarecrows in battered hats or draggled skirts
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adjective satellite in deplorable condition
dilapidated; broken-down; tumble-down; tatterdemalion; ramshackle; derelict.
- a street of bedraggled tenements
- a broken-down fence
- a ramshackle old pier
- a tumble-down shack