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Adjective: bedraggled  bi'dra-guld
  1. Limp and soiled as if dragged in the mud
    "the beggar's bedraggled clothes";
    - draggled
     
  2. In deplorable condition
    "a street of bedraggled tenements";
    - broken-down, derelict, dilapidated, ramshackle, tatterdemalion, tumble-down, derro [Austral, NZ, informal], dero [Austral, NZ, informal]
Verb: bedraggle  bi'dra-gul
  1. Make wet and dirty, as from rain
    - draggle

See also: damaged, dirty, soiled, unclean

Type of: douse, dowse, drench, soak, sop, souse

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