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bedraggled

adjective

Limp and soiled as if dragged in the mud

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Word Facts

Word length
10
Starts with
B
Ends with
D
Contains
ED
Scrabble score
16

How it sounds

Pronunciation

bɪˈdɹæɡl̩d

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Meaning

Definitions

adjective

  1. Limp and soiled as if dragged in the mud

    “The beggar's bedraggled clothes”

adjective

  1. In deplorable condition

    “A street of bedraggled tenements”

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Example Sentences

The beggar's bedraggled clothes
Scarecrows in battered hats or draggled skirts
A street of bedraggled tenements
A broken-down fence
A ramshackle old pier
A tumble-down shack

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