bedraggled

be·drag·gled

adj \bi-ˈdra-gəld; bē-\

Definition of BEDRAGGLED

1

: left wet and limp by or as if by rain

2

: soiled and stained by or as if by trailing in mud

3

: dilapidated <bedraggled buildings>

Examples of BEDRAGGLED

1. She was bedraggled and exhausted.
2. <the cat looked rather funny, all bedraggled and fit to be tied after her bath>

First Known Use of BEDRAGGLED

1727

Related to BEDRAGGLED

Synonyms: awash, bathed, wet, doused (also dowsed), drenched, dripping, logged, saturate, saturated, soaked, soaking, sodden, soggy, sopping, soppy, soused, washed, watered, waterlogged, water-soaked, watery

Antonyms: arid, dry, unwatered, waterless

Related Words: deluged, drowned, flooded, inundated, overflowed; submerged, swamped; hydrated; dipped, dunked, splashed; aqueous; steeped; flushed, irrigated, laved, rinsed, sluiced; clammy, damp, dampish, dank, humid, moist, semimoist, wettish; boggy, miry, seepy, sloppy, squashy

Near Antonyms: bone-dry, hyperarid, ultradry; waterproof, water-repellent, water-resistant, watertight; baked, dehydrated, freeze-dried; droughty, parched, sere (also sear), sunbaked, thirsty; wrung

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