verb
- to make wet, dirty, or untidy, especially by dragging through mud or water
Usage: transitive
Examples
- The rain bedraggled her hair and dress.
- His clothes were bedraggled after walking through the storm.
- The dog’s fur was bedraggled from playing in the muddy yard.
- She looked bedraggled after the long hike through the wet forest.
- The flowers in the garden were bedraggled by the heavy downpour.
- Don’t bedraggle your good shoes by walking through those puddles.