bedraggled

[bih-drag-uhld] Example Sentences Origin

be·drag·gled

[bih-drag-uhld]
adjective
limp and soiled, as with rain or dirt.

Origin:
bedraggle + -ed2

un·be·drag·gled, adjective

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Bedraggled is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
Example Sentences
  • The three are starving, bedraggled and wracked by tropical fevers.
  • We were superficially bedraggled but fundamentally sturdy.
  • Newspapers across the country published pictures of one of its cars being towed to a dealer by four bedraggled horses.
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be·drag·gle

[bih-drag-uhl]
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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bedraggled (bɪˈdræɡəld)
 
adj
(of hair, clothing, etc) limp, untidy, or dirty, as with rain or mud

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bedraggled
1727, p.p. adj. from bedraggle.
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