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bedraggle Definition

be·drag·gle (bē dragəl, bi-)

transitive verb -·gled, -·gling

to make wet, limp, and dirty, as by dragging through mire

bedraggle Related Forms
be·drag·gled adjective
bedraggle Usage Examples

Modifying Another Word

  • very: On warm summer days, the kids would get out the shampoo and hosepipe and he'd soon be a very bedraggled doggie indeed.
  • somewhat: Sherlock Holmes was seated in his favorite armchair, across from Munro who sat somewhat bedraggled on the edge of the sofa.
  • rather: A male White Wagtail was in the carpark and a rather bedraggled male Wheatear was on the short turf near the beach.

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