Bedraggled

//bɪˈdɹæɡl̩d//

Synonyms for "bedraggled" (139 found)

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Closest matches (28)

dirty beat-up befouled besmirched blowzy careless chintzy decrepit defiled dilapidated dirtied

Adjective(14 words)

draggled scroungy seedy shabby tacky beat beat up beaten up blowsy broken-down crumbling derelict dilapidated dishevelled

Adjective(3 words)

broken-down derelict dilapidated

Strong matches (42)

disreputable down at the heel down-at-heel drabbled drabbletailed draggled draggletailed drenched faded filthy fouled frowzy frumpish frumpy grubby grungy in rags informal loose lumpen

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messy muddy mussy negligent poky

Adjective(16 words)

dowdy dowdyish down at heel downgone draggle-tailed frowsy frumpy grotty grufty grungy hashy mangy mean neglected out at the heels piggy

Adjective(1 words)

draggled

Related words (69)

Adjective(30 words)

qualifier ragtag ramshackle ribby ruinous run-down schleppy schlumpy scratty scrofulous scruffy scrungy slammocky slatternly slobbish slobby sloppy slovenlike slovenly slummocky

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sluttish tatterdemalion timeworn tore up trampish tumbledown unfine unkemmed unkempt unshaven

ragged raggedy ruinous run-down scraggly scrubby scruffy seedy shabby shoddy slack slatternly slipshod sloppy slovenly sluttish smirched smudged soaked soiled

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sordid spotted squalid stained sullied tacky tainted tarnished tatterdemalion tattered threadbare unkempt unneat unsightly untidy wet

Adjective(3 words)

ramshackle tatterdemalion tumble-down

Related word relations

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7 relation types

Synonyms

1 entries

tatterdemalion

Related terms

4 entries

bedraggle draggle-tail draggle-tailed draggled

derived

3 entries

bedraggledly bedraggledness unbedraggled

derived from

2 entries

bedraggle draggle

form of

1 entries

bedraggle

related to

10 entries

bedraggle decaying decrepit dilapidated draggle tail draggle tailed draggled limp unkempt wet

similar

5 entries

damaged dirty soiled unclean

Translations

24 translations across 10 languages.

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

全身湿透的 adj (unkempt)
满身泥污的 adj (unkempt)

Czech

2 entries

umolousaný adj (unkempt)
urousaný adj (unkempt)

Dutch

3 entries

bouwvallig adj (decaying, dilapidated)
onderkomen adj (decaying, dilapidated)
onverzorgd adj (unkempt)

French

1 entries

débraillé adj (decaying, dilapidated)

German

4 entries

baufällig adj (decaying, dilapidated)
heruntergekommen adj (decaying, dilapidated)
ungepflegt adj (unkempt)
verdreckt adj (unkempt)

Greek

1 entries

ατημέλητος adj (unkempt)

Hungarian

2 entries

elhanyagolt adj (decaying, dilapidated)
ápolatlan adj (unkempt)

Irish

4 entries

aimlithe adj (unkempt)
draoibeáilte adj (unkempt)
giobach adj (unkempt)
sraoilleach adj (unkempt)

Māori

2 entries

hūtoitoi adj (unkempt)
hūtotoi adj (unkempt)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

bekjwiemt adj (unkempt)

Sample sentences

10 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Tom looked very bedraggled after being caught in a heavy downpour during his run.

Source: tatoeba (3551122)

The vegetable garden looked bedraggled after being hit by an early frost.

Source: tatoeba (3551127)

The bedraggled houses were finally destroyed by the platoon.

Source: tatoeba (5235326)

A low rumbling sound was heard; a subterraneous hum; and then all held their breaths; as bedraggled with trailing ropes, and harpoons, and lances, a vast form shot lengthwise, but obliquely from the sea.

Source: wiktionary

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