Definition of Bedraggled

1. Adjective. Limp and soiled as if dragged in the mud. "Scarecrows in battered hats or draggled skirts"

Exact synonyms: Draggled
Similar to: Dirty, Soiled, Unclean

2. Adjective. In deplorable condition. "A tumble-down shack"

Definition of Bedraggled

1. Adjective. wet and limp; unkempt ¹

2. Adjective. decaying, decrepit or dilapidated ¹

3. Verb. (past of bedraggle) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bedraggled

1. bedraggle [v] - See also: bedraggle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bedraggled

bedouins
bedoven
bedpan
bedpans
bedplate
bedplates
bedpost
bedposts
bedquilt
bedquilts
bedrabble
bedrabbled
bedrabbles
bedrabbling
bedraggle
bedraggled (current term)
bedraggles
bedraggling
bedrail
bedrails
bedral
bedrals
bedrape
bedraped
bedrapes
bedraping
bedraw
bedream
bedrel
bedrench

Literary usage of Bedraggled

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Main Street by Sinclair Lewis (1920)
"Each morning she was nauseated, chilly, bedraggled, and certain that she would never again be attractive; each twilight she was afraid. ..."

2. Good Words by Norman Macleod (1873)
"With bedraggled wings and withered throat, Tells me of the songs it heard in heaven— Only as a little dead lark, lying Trying to teach me, here and there, ..."

3. In Moorish Captivity: An Account of the 'Tourmaline' Expedition to Sus, 1897-98 by Henry M. Grey (1899)
"An execution—The etiquette of eating—Sidi Hashem and his ' magnificent barb'—How a Susi sleeps—A bedraggled camp—Our commissariat department—Grinding ..."

4. A Dictionary of Similes by Frank Jenners Wilstach (1916)
"bedraggled. bedraggled, like the flounce of a vulgar rich woman's dress that trails on the sidewalk. — OW HOLMES. Beg. Beg like a dog at a fair.— ANON. ..."

5. The Century Handbook of Writing by Garland Greever, Easley Stephen Jones (1922)
"Right: A bedraggled old rooster. [Old rooster has almost the force of a compound word. bedraggled modifies the general idea old rooster.] Note. ..."

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