bedraggled

Examples

• All

• Traveling does make one look so bedraggled.

  The Wicked Lady (1983)

• They were so beautiful and I was so conscious of being such a little bedraggled, skinny white thing.

  Rich Roll

• Yes, guys, as you can see, bedraggled and looking tired and feeling tired like everybody else this morning.

• What have you done with her that she is so bedraggled?

  Fiction book (1993)

• Sick and bedraggled, lying on a travois, I was still an object of interest.

  Fiction book (1995)

• The feel of his hair, even wet and bedraggled with mud, was soft and silken.

  Fiction book (1991)

• Beyond them were rows of immature corn that looked bedraggled and stunted.

  Fiction book (1990)

• The next day, the crewmen removed the bedraggled garlands from the boat and tossed them overboard.

  Fiction book (1992)

• Startled, Lyman Mays glared at the soaked, bedraggled Indian boy who sat shivering before him.

  Fiction book (1990)

• The little puppy came in looking bedraggled, drenched and covered in mud after playing outside in the rain.

Synonyms

M

messy

vsbedraggled

233 1.0

Not tidy or clean, with things in the wrong place

adds visible wetness and muddied dirt to the untidy look

M

muddy

vsbedraggled

73 1.1

Covered in mud and hard to walk on

adds an untidy, neglected appearance beyond just mudiness

D

disheveled

vsbedraggled

21 6.1

Having messy hair, clothes, or things around them

is similar but often shows wet and mud effects as well

G

grubby

vsbedraggled

17 1.4

Dirty and needing to be cleaned

tends to be wetter and more rumpled from exposure to rain or mud

U

unkempt

vsbedraggled

13 5.1

Not neat in appearance, often with messy hair or clothes

adds visible wetness and muddy staining as signs of neglect

R

raggedy

vsbedraggled

• Informal

12 4.0

Something that looks worn, torn, and messy

leans more on dampness and mud marks than mere wear

S

sodden

vsbedraggled

10 6.0

Very wet and heavy with water

adds visible dirt and untidiness to the heavy wetness

U

unwashed

vsbedraggled

8 1.0

Not washed with soap and water

is more about recent wet, dirty neglect than simple uncleanliness

M

mucky

vsbedraggled

7 3.2

Dirty and covered in mud

includes mud but also stresses untidiness from neglect and rain

S

soiled

vsbedraggled

1 2.5

Not clean because it has mud or grease on it

usually also shows wetness and a neglected, sodden look

S

slobby

vsbedraggled

• Informal

1 7.4

Messy and untidy in how a person or place looks

is messier in a wet, neglected way rather than just careless

S

scroungy

vsbedraggled

• UK

1 7.7

Dirty and untidy in appearance

is similar but often includes dampness and mud signs

D

draggled

vsbedraggled

9.5

Wet and dirty as if pulled through mud

is similar but emphasises overall wet, messy, and neglected look

M

mud-beplastered

vsbedraggled

9.9

A thing that has mud on it, like boots or a coat after walking in wet ground

is more about overall wet, messy appearance not only mud coverage

B

begrimed

vsbedraggled

8.2

Covered thickly with dark dirt or soot

is less about deep grime and more about wet, messy neglect

R

raggy

vsbedraggled

4.2

Appears torn or worn, like old clothes with holes

focuses on wet, muddy neglect rather than torn clothing alone

Antonyms

N

neat

144 1.0

Clean and tidy with things in order

P

pristine

63 5.1

Very clean and fresh, like new

How Dirty

filthy

183 1.5

bedraggled

4 7.0

soiled

1 2.5

messy

233 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology