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bedraggled
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be·drag·gled
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bɪˈdræg
əld
/
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bih-
drag
-
uh
ld
]
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adjective
limp and soiled, as with rain or dirt.
Origin:
bedraggle
+
-ed
2
Related forms
un·be·drag·gled,
adjective
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be·drag·gle
/
bɪˈdræg
əl
/
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bih-
drag
-
uh
l
]
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verb (used with object),
be·drag·gled,
be·drag·gling.
to make limp and soiled, as with rain or dirt.
Origin:
1720–30;
be-
+
draggle
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bedraggle
(bɪˈdræɡ
ə
l)
—
vb
(
tr
) to make (hair, clothing, etc) limp, untidy, or dirty, as with rain or mud
bedraggled
(bɪˈdræɡ
ə
ld)
—
adj
(of hair, clothing, etc) limp, untidy, or dirty, as with rain or mud
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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Word Origin & History
bedraggle
1727, from
be-
+ draggle, frequentative of
drag
.
bedraggled
1727, p.p. adj. from
bedraggle
.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
She was breathless and
bedraggled
, but with the encouragement of her friend she didn't quit.
We were all
bedraggled
, hadn't had any sleep for days.
The convoy returned in late afternoon with a
bedraggled
crew.
His fur was
bedraggled
and wet, she realized, from the tears dripping down her nose and cheeks.
By the time she emerged,
bedraggled
but clear-headed, she knew what to do: make a sitcom about being fat.
The three are starving,
bedraggled
and wracked by tropical fevers.
There are photographs of dapper poseurs as well as skinny yeshiva boys, vacation revelers as well as
bedraggled
water-carriers.
Newspapers across the country published pictures of one of its cars being towed to a dealer by four
bedraggled
horses.
We were superficially
bedraggled
but fundamentally sturdy.
Befuddled and
bedraggled
dog can't find yard in heavy snow.
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