Draggled (Adjective)
Meaning
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 children ran inside with their draggled coats after playing in the rainy park all morning.
- She wiped away tears, feeling draggled from crying and staying up all night worrying.
- A young kitten appeared from behind a dumpster with a draggled patch of fur missing on its head.
- By the time they hiked to the bottom of the hill, the guide's elegant hat looked draggled from all the mist and leaves.
- Looking rather draggled and disappointed, Jack explained that they would not make the conference after the transportation company dropped the bus and sent an unsuitable substitute vehicle instead.