be·drag·gled

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• be|drag|gled — «bih DRAG uhld», adjective. 1. wet and hanging limp: »When she came in out of the rain she tried to comb her bedraggled hair. 2. soiled by being dragged in the dirt …   Useful english dictionary

• gled — be·drag·gled; en·tan·gled; horn·swog·gled; jin·gled; jun·gled; new·fan·gled; new·fan·gled·ly; new·fan·gled·ness; old·fan·gled; pun·gled; quad·ran·gled; rect·an·gled; scrag·gled; snag·gled; tri·an·gled; gled; shin·gled; en·tan·gled·ly;… …   English syllables

• drag — be·drag·gled; den·drag·a·pus; drag; drag·ger; drag·ger·man; drag·gle; drag·gly; drag·gy; drag·man; drag·o·man; drag·on; drag·on·et; drag·on·ish; drag·ster; man·drag·on; man·drag·o·ra; pen·drag·on; qua·drag·e·nary; sang·drag·on; drag·ging·ly;… …   English syllables

• drag|gle — «DRAG uhl», verb, gled, gling. –v.t. to make wet or dirty by dragging through mud, water, dust, or wet snow. –v.i. 1. to become wet or dirty by dragging through mud, water, dust, or wet snow. 2. to follow slowly; lag behind; straggle: »With heavy …   Useful english dictionary

• be|drag´gle|ment — be|drag|gle «bih DRAG uhl», transitive verb, gled, gling. to make limp and soiled by dragging through dirt or moisture. –be|drag´gle|ment, noun …   Useful english dictionary

• be|drag|gle — «bih DRAG uhl», transitive verb, gled, gling. to make limp and soiled by dragging through dirt or moisture. –be|drag´gle|ment, noun …   Useful english dictionary

• bedraggled — be·drag·gled …   English syllables

• bedraggled — be·drag·gled (bĭ drăgʹəld) adj. 1. a. Wet; limp. b. Soiled by or as if by having been dragged through mud. 2. Being in a condition of deterioration; dilapidated: a street of bedraggled tenements. * * * …   Universalium

• bedraggled — be|drag|gled [bıˈdrægəld] adj looking untidy, wet, and dirty, especially because you have been out in the rain ▪ Exhausted soldiers crawled into camp, frozen and bedraggled …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• bedraggled — be|drag|gled [ bı drægld ] adjective wet, dirty, and messy …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English