draggled

9.5

Wet and dirty as if pulled through mud

adjective
/ˈdræɡəld/

: desaliñado

The poor dog returned home with a draggled coat, having played in the puddles.

Examples

After running in the rain, my clothes were completely draggled and muddy.
It looks so draggled and cold.

Fiction book (2001)
So the guy on the left, right, like his rough just looks like it has been dragged, like dragged along with the head, which is actually better.
I look like I've been dragged through a hedge completely backwards.
I look like I've been dragged through a hedge backwards.
She arrived at the party looking draggled, her hair wet from the downpour.

Synonyms

bedraggled

vsdraggled

4 7.0

Dirty and untidy, often wet after being in rain or mud

is limp and dirty as if pulled through mud or water

dragged through a hedge backwards

vsdraggled

9.9

Very messy and untidy as if after a rough time

is less chaotic and more wet or limp from being pulled through mud

begrimed

vsdraggled

8.2

Covered thickly with dark dirt or soot

is wet and limp rather than simply covered with dry grime

Antonyms

clean

∞ 1.0

Free from dirt or harmful things

neat

144 1.0

Clean and tidy with things in order

How Dirty

filthy

183 1.5

draggled

9.5

dirty

525 1.0

soiled

1 2.5

clean

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

draggled positive

Morphology

draggled = draggle (transparent) = drag + le + ed

The form is the past participle of 'draggle' (from 'drag' + frequentative '-le'); the meaning 'made wet/dirty by being dragged' is directly derivable.

Etymology

Draggled comes from the common verb drag ('to pull') plus an ending that turns it into a word for something that has been pulled and left messy. Picture clothes or a small animal 'pulled through' mud or rain so they are wet, dirty and hanging limply. So, draggled means limp and dirty, as if it has been dragged through mud or water.