bedraggled

be·drag·gled

adjective \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