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bedraggled
" In 1985, I saw a tape of myself where my eyes were puffy. I looked very tired and bedraggled and not as youthful as I would like to have been."
Faye Wattleton

Meaning of "bedraggled" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF BEDRAGGLED

bɪˈdræɡəld


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BEDRAGGLED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bedraggled is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES BEDRAGGLED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Dilapidation

Delapidation is a term meaning in a destructive event to a building, but more particularly used in the plural in English law for ▪ the waste committed by the incumbent of an ecclesiastical living ▪ the disrepair for which a tenant is usually liable when he has agreed to give up his premises in good repair. Dilapidation is derived from the Latin for scattering the stones of a building.

Definition of bedraggled in the English dictionary

The definition of bedraggled in the dictionary is limp, untidy, or dirty, as with rain or mud.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BEDRAGGLED

acute-angled · begoggled · bespangled · entangled · intermingled · jungled · mangled · moguled · newfangled · oldfangled · right-angled · spangled · spreadeagled · strangled · tangled · triangled · unshingled

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BEDRAGGLED

bedquilt · bedraggle · bedrail · bedral · bedrape · bedrench · bedridden · bedright · bedrivel · bedrock · bedroll · bedroom · bedroom eyes · bedroom farce · bedroom scene · bedroom slipper · bedroom suburb · bedroom suite · bedrop · bedrug

WORDS THAT END LIKE BEDRAGGLED

air-cooled · called · cancelled · controlled · coupled · detailed · entitled · failed · filled · gled · handled · installed · led · scheduled · sealed · skilled · so-called · star-spangled · titled · untitled

Synonyms and antonyms of bedraggled in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BEDRAGGLED»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «bedraggled» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «bedraggled» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BEDRAGGLED

Find out the translation of bedraggled to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of bedraggled from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bedraggled» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

邋遢
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

desaliñado
570 millions of speakers
en

English

bedraggled
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

bedraggled
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

موسخة
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

перепачканный
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

enlameada
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

bedraggled
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

débraillé
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Bedraggled
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

verwahrlost
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

ぬれた
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

더러워진
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Bedraggled
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bedraggled
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

bedraggled
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

बेडराग्गल
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

bakımsız
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

inzaccherato
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

przemoczony
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

забруднений
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

shimbarea
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λερωμένος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sjofel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bedraggled
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pjuskete
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bedraggled

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BEDRAGGLED»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bedraggled

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QUOTES WITH «BEDRAGGLED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word bedraggled.
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Faye Wattleton
In 1985, I saw a tape of myself where my eyes were puffy. I looked very tired and bedraggled and not as youthful as I would like to have been.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BEDRAGGLED»

Discover the use of bedraggled in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bedraggled and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Bedraggled Dragon
Darook the Dragon is no longer the dragon to end all dragons due to the black magic spells of Nasty Gnome.
Diane Purdy, 2012
2
The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, ...
Includes a 30-Day Spiritual Journey Guide! “Brennan Manning does a masterful job of blowing the dust off of shop-worn theology and allowing God’s grace to do what only God’s grace can do—amaze.” -Max Lucado, Bestselling author of ...
Brennan Manning, 2008
3
NIV Ragamuffin Bible: Meditations for the Bedraggled, ...
In addition to the full NIV text, devotionals, meditations and reflections from Brennan Manning are found scattered throughout this Bible.
Brennan Manning, 2013
4
NIV Ragamuffin Bible: Meditations for the Bedraggled, ...
Do you believe that God not only loves you, but that he also likes you?It's a question that, while possibly not considered by many, has been posed often by author Brennan Manning.
Zondervan, Zondervan Publishing, 2013
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The Reading Teacher's Word-a-Day: 180 Ready-to-Use Lessons ...
If someone shows up at your door looking bedraggled, he looks as if he has been dragged. But he would also be wet. So if you say that after a rainstorm your dog looks “wet and bedraggled,” you are really repeating yourself. Bedraggle also ...
Edward B. Fry, Ph.D., 2008
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Vocabulary Building for a Masters Degree
BEDRAGGLED. • We wereso bedraggled by the severe storm that we had to change into dry clothing. • # Bedraggled(adj): • * Wetthoroughly • * Soiled and disordered as if by being drenched.
Idoniboye B. Bagshaw, 2014
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A Chinese Fantasy - Cave in a Casket
Kiam felt ashamed of his bedraggled appearance. He Kiam felt ashamed of his bedraggled appearance. He Kiam felt ashamed of his bedraggled appearance. He Kiam felt ashamed of his bedraggled appearance. He hung ba hung ba hung  ...
Jean Sheard, 2007
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Words You Should Know In High School: 1000 Essential Words ...
bedraggled 19 axiom (ack-SEE-um), noun A statement or idea accepted as self- evident, requiring no proof. A basic proposition of a system that, although unproven, needs no proof, yet is used to prove other propositions. Common in scientific ...
Burton Jay Nadler, Jordan Nadler, 2004
9
Miss Lonelyhearts & The Day of the Locust (New Edition)
"bedraggled Harlequin," it was headed. "The commedia dell'arte is not dead, but lives on in Brooklyn, or was living there last week on the stage of the Oglethorpe Theatre in the person of one Harry Greener. Mr. Greener is of a troupe called ...
Nathanael West, 2009
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Miss Lonelyhearts & The Day of the Locust
"BEDRAGGLED HARLEQUIN," it was headed. "The commedia dell'arte is not dead, but lives on in Brooklyn, or was living there last week on the stage of the Oglethorpe Theatre in the person of one Harry Greener. Mr. Greener is of a troupe ...
Nathanael West, 1969

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BEDRAGGLED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bedraggled is used in the context of the following news items.
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Oleg Gordievsky's KGB escape story to the West is gripping
There, they found a bedraggled KGB officer, who smelled and looked bad after two days of travelling. After telling Gordievsky to get into the ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
2
Cards place struggling Izzy on DL
... apparently from striking a television in frustration, before the St. Louis Cardinals placed their bedraggled closer on the 15-day disabled list. «Alton Telegraph, Jul 15»
3
Ulysses Town Talk: July 1935 flood changed many lives
A bedraggled but handsome 32-year old Landon, with a photogenic screen presence, could easily be mistaken for an actor. He is sullen; his ... «Ithaca Journal, Jul 15»
4
Erykah Badu reined in her free spirit just enough at Essence Fest 2015
She wore a top hat over a headwrap and an oversize Oxford-style shirt that was more like a cloak over a pair of bedraggled denim overalls. «NOLA.com, Jul 15»
5
'True Detective' builds a new mystery
A little bedraggled and shifty, Ray is no Rust Cohle (McConaughey), but he's been through much and is close to self-destructing. RACHEL ... «Inquirer.net, Jul 15»
6
Labour should be slaying dragons, not chasing trolls
I'm sure an attempt could have been made to lift the morale of its bedraggled foot soldiers by putting on a touring production of the Four ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
7
Montana bees get washed, fluffed and brushed for MSU researchers
Bedraggled bees look all black, but some bees actually have blue bodies, Delphia said. Others can have metallic green bodies. And hair color ... «The Bozeman Daily Chronicle, Jul 15»
8
Amy: the angel and the demons
I watched her descent into bedraggled addiction, frequently off-her-face, hanging off some equally bedraggled guy, while paparazzi lurked ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
9
Heartless in our disregard for the homeless
But some things have changed, like the almost homely stereotype of the homeless as bedraggled old men. Gone are the weathered faces of ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
10
Greece and the passing of the nation state
... cult status as his image was mockingly superimposed onto photos featuring bedraggled pensioners' queues at soup kitchens and ATMs. «Yahoo! Maktoob News, Jul 15»
REFERENCE
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