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bedraggled

 
Dictionary: be·drag·gled   (bĭ-drăg'əld) pronunciation
adj.
    1. Wet; limp.
    2. Soiled by or as if by having been dragged through mud.
  1. Being in a condition of deterioration; dilapidated: a street of bedraggled tenements.

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adjective

    Showing signs of wear and tear or neglect: broken-down, decaying, decrepit, dilapidated, dingy, down-at-heel, faded, mangy, rundown, scrubby, scruffy, seedy, shabby, shoddy, sleazy, tattered, tatty, threadbare. Informal tacky. Slang ratty. Idioms: all the worse for wear, gone topotseed, pastcurehope. See better/worse.

Antonyms: bedraggled
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adj

Definition: unkempt
Antonyms: clean, neat, tidy


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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: limp and soiled as if dragged in the mud
  Synonym: draggled

Meaning #2: in deplorable condition
  Synonyms: broken-down, dilapidated, ramshackle, tatterdemalion, tumble-down, unsound


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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - tilsølet, tilsjasket

Nederlands (Dutch)
verregend, sjofel

Français (French)
adj. - débraillé, embroussaillé, trempé

Deutsch (German)
adj. - nass und schmutzig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ατημέλητος, βρομερός και τρισάθλιος

Italiano (Italian)
straccione

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - sujo

Русский (Russian)
грязный, засаленный, замызганный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - manchado de barro, en ruinas

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - nersmutsad

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
全身泥污的, 荒废的, 满身湿透的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 全身泥污的, 荒廢的, 滿身濕透的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 더러워진

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - ぐっしょりとなった, うすぎたない

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) متوسخا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮רטוב, מוכפש‬


 
 
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