Bedraggled

Definition:

1. dirty and disheveled

2. messy and filthy

3. left wet and limp by or as if by rain

Someone or something that is bedraggled looks messy because they have got wet or dirty.

Part of Speech (POS)

adjective

Below are a few examples of the word being used correctly in a sentence .

• The disheveled, bedraggled salesman appeared discombobulated.

• Dorothy kept nagging her husband to clean his bedraggled man cave.

• After playing football in the cold rain, the bedraggled children were eager to take a warm shower and have lunch.

• Johnnie’s car is always bedraggled and filled with garbage.

• Betty acceded to her husband’s request, and cleaned the interior of her bedraggled car.

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