bedraggled

Etymology

bedraggle + -ed.

adj

  1. Wet and limp; unkempt.
    Finally delivering “Room on Fire,” the follow-up to their much ballyhooed debut album, the well-heeled but stylishly bedraggled locals try to dispel accusations of one-trick-ponyism. 2003, The New Yorker, page 17
  2. Decaying, decrepit or dilapidated.

verb

  1. simple past and past participle of bedraggle.

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