Bedraggled (Adjective)
Meaning 1
In deplorable condition; "a street of bedraggled tenements"; "a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old pier"; "a tumble-down shack".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The bedraggled neighborhood had been struggling to recover from years of neglect and disinvestment.
- After the hurricane, the once-thriving beach was left with a bedraggled landscape of destroyed buildings and debris.
- The bedraggled hikers emerged from the dense forest, their clothes tattered and their bodies weary.
- A bedraggled flock of birds struggled to find shelter on the barren landscape, their feathers ruffled and their songs silenced.
- The artist used a bedraggled old door as a canvas for his painting, embracing its worn and weathered texture as a statement on impermanence.
Synonyms
Meaning 2
Limp and soiled as if dragged in the mud; "the beggar's bedraggled clothes"; "scarecrows in battered hats or draggled skirts".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The exhausted traveler walked into the hostel with bedraggled clothes and shoes, her luggage lost during the long and tiring journey.
- The street urchin, shivering with fear and cold, was picked up by the social workers with a bedraggled puppy by his side.
- A family of birds struggled to survive after their bedraggled nest was ravaged by strong winds.
- Following a severe downpour, many villagers found their houses flooded with mud, and people walking in the streets had bedraggled appearances.
- At the soup kitchen, staff saw the young mother who appeared almost skeletal with bedraggled clothes that desperately needed a change and proper hygiene.