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Bedraggled - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'Bedraggled' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Bedraggled [ imp. & p. p.]
- of Bedraggle

Meaning of 'Bedraggled' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . bedraggled [ s]
Meaning (1):
- in deplorable condition
Example in sentence:
  • a broken-down fence;
  • a ramshackle old pier;
  • a street of bedraggled tenements;
  • a tumble-down shack
Meaning (2):
- limp and soiled as if dragged in the mud
Example in sentence:
  • scarecrows in battered hats or draggled skirts;
  • the beggar's bedraggled clothes