bedraggled Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb make wet and dirty, as from rain
    bedraggle; draggle.
  2. adjective satellite limp and soiled as if dragged in the mud
    draggled.
    • the beggar's bedraggled clothes
    • scarecrows in battered hats or draggled skirts
  3. 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

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