Bedraggle (Verb)
Meaning
Make wet and dirty, as from rain.
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- The storm came in so quickly it began to bedraggle her hair and dress almost instantly.
- After getting caught in the downpour, the little boy's shoes and pants were completely bedraggled.
- Her wedding dress was beautifully elegant, but the rainy wedding day threatened to bedraggle the delicate fabric.
- Walking home from school in the rain without an umbrella had bedraggled his new sneakers.
- Their expensive fur coats were ruined after being bedraggled in the torrential downpour at the music festival.