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[ adjective ] limp and soiled as if dragged in the mud

Synonyms

draggled

Examples

"the beggar's bedraggled clothes" "scarecrows in battered hats or draggled skirts"

Used in print

(Guy Endore, Voltaire! Voltaire!...)

When finally the two bedraggled men reach their friend 's home , Voltaire 's fears are once_again aroused .

Related terms

dirty

2
[ adjective ] in deplorable condition

Examples

"a street of bedraggled tenements" "a broken-down fence" "a ramshackle old pier" "a tumble-down shack"

Related terms

damaged

3
[ adjective ] in deplorable condition

Examples

"a street of bedraggled tenements" "a broken-down fence" "a ramshackle old pier" "a tumble-down shack"

Related terms

damaged

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