Synonyms of bedraggled

bedraggled 1 of 2

adjective

bi-ˈdra-gəld 

1

as in dripping

containing, covered with, or thoroughly penetrated by water

the cat looked rather funny, all bedraggled and fit to be tied after her bath

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dripping
• saturated
• wet
• bathed
• washed
• soaked
• flooded
• soaking
• sodden
• soggy
• waterlogged
• drenched
• saturate
• watered
• sopping
• damp
• moist
• water-soaked
• soppy
• flushed
• drowned
• logged
• awash
• watery
• soused
• submerged
• doused
• splashed
• hydrated
• rinsed
• humid
• aqueous
• overflowed
• dipped
• irrigated
• inundated
• steeped
• clammy
• swamped
• dank
• boggy
• deluged
• sloppy
• squashy
• dampish
• sluiced
• dunked
• miry
• seepy
• wettish
• laved
• semimoist

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dry
• arid
• unwatered
• waterless
• bone-dry
• dehydrated
• waterproof
• watertight
• baked
• hyperarid
• parched
• water-resistant
• water-repellent
• thirsty
• sunbaked
• droughty
• ultradry
• sere
• wrung
• freeze-dried

2

as in filthy

not clean

found flood victims in bedraggled clothes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• filthy
• blackened
• stained
• dusty
• muddy
• dirty
• black
• smudged
• nasty
• dingy
• soiled
• grimy
• grubby
• messy
• greasy
• draggled
• mucky
• grungy
• unclean
• sordid
• polluted
• begrimed
• grotty
• smutty
• sloppy
• foul
• sullied
• cruddy
• chaotic
• confused
• befouled
• besmirched
• uncleanly
• disheveled
• littered
• unwashed
• contaminated
• scruffy
• messed
• rumpled
• bemired
• unkempt
• tainted
• uncleaned
• slovenly
• insanitary
• untidy
• cluttered
• unsanitary
• muddled
• disordered
• jumbled
• impure
• shabby
• disarranged
• squalid
• defiled
• unsterilized
• disarrayed
• mussed
• sooty
• mussy
• unsterile
• germy
• skanky
• raunchy
• scuzzy
• gunky
• sleazy
• crocked
• collied
• fuliginous

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• clean
• spotless
• immaculate
• unsullied
• unstained
• unsoiled
• spick-and-span
• clear
• stainless
• cleaned
• pure
• limpid
• tidy
• ultraclean
• orderly
• neat
• cleanly
• bleached
• groomed
• cleansed
• combed
• shiny
• ordered
• whitened
• perfect
• untouched
• purified
• sparkling
• bright
• unspotted
• flawless
• unblemished
• virgin
• wholesome
• untainted
• unpolluted
• undefiled
• taintless

bedraggled

2 of 2

verb

past tense of bedraggle

as in wet

to make wet

I was so bedraggled by the relentless rain that I couldn't wait to get into some dry clothes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wet
• drowned
• washed
• flooded
• waterlogged
• drenched
• watered
• soaked
• rinsed
• bathed
• flushed
• water-soaked
• submerged
• soused
• doused
• damped
• soddened
• sopped
• splashed
• moistened
• showered
• wet down
• sprinkled
• dipped
• hydrated
• inundated
• saturated
• misted
• swamped
• deluged
• humidified
• drizzled
• bedewed
• dampened
• impregnated
• irrigated
• sloshed
• overflowed
• sluiced
• moisturized
• hosed (down)
• steeped
• laved
• aspersed
• ducked
• rehydrated
• dunked
• rewashed
• rewet

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dried
• parched
• desiccated
• dehydrated
• scorched
• evaporated
• seared
• dewatered
• freeze-dried
• wrung
• drip-dried
• dehumidified

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bedraggled

Adjective

From Karen Black, who can seem alternately gorgeous and bedraggled, joyous and defeated, Jaglom has gotten one of her finest portrayals and surely her best comic performance. — Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026

As the bedraggled salesman Willy Loman, Peter Jacobson emotes a lot with his hands. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 10 Mar. 2026

Another volunteer who also wants in, Ingrid (Haley Lu Richardson), is a bedraggled punk wearing a ratty princess costume for reasons also to be disclosed. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 5 Feb. 2026

England’s Ashes with the ball ended with Carse, Josh Tongue, a bedraggled Matthew Potts and part-time spinners Bethell and Will Jacks bowling Australia out for 567, their highest score of the series. — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026