draggled

Adjective
Synonyms: bedraggled

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. limp and soiled as if dragged in the mud“the beggar's bedraggled clothes”“scarecrows in battered hats or draggled skirts”Synonyms: bedraggled
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Draggle \Drag"gle\ (dr[a^]g"g'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Draggled (dr[a^]g"g'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Draggling (dr[a^]g"gl[i^]ng).] [Freq. of drag. [root]73. Cf. Drawl.] To wet and soil by dragging on the ground, mud, or wet grass; to drabble; to trail. --Gray. [1913 Webster]

With draggled nets down-hanging to the tide. --Trench. [1913 Webster]

draggled \draggled\ adj. limp and soiled as if dragged in the mud.

Syn: bedraggled. [WordNet 1.5]

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