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bedraggled

bed·ragg·led

UK/bɪˈdɹæɡl̩d/ US/bɪˈdræɡʌld/ uncommon

adjective

1.

limp and soiled as if dragged in the mud

  • “the beggar”
  • “;”
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2.

in deplorable condition

  • “a street of bedraggled tenements”
  • “a broken-down fence”
  • “a ramshackle old pier”
  • “a tumble-down shack”
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Origin

From bedraggle + -ed.

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