bedraggle
Make wet, dirty
To bedraggle is to make wet, limp, and dirty—typically through exposure to rain or mud.
The word appears almost exclusively as the adjective bedraggled: a bedraggled cat appeared at the door, bedraggled refugees trudged along the road.
It suggests a pitiful, disheveled state, often from being caught in bad weather or harsh conditions.
Thoroughly wet throughout
- soddenSaturated with liquid
- drippingRendered cooking fat
- waterloggedSaturated with liquid
- soppingThoroughly wet through
rain-soaked · wet through · saturated · soaked to the bone · soggy · dampened · water-logged · splashed
Untidy in appearance
- tousledDisordered, especially hair
- rumpledCrinkled from neglect
- scruffyMessily neglected in appearance
- mussedMade untidy
tangled · straggly · scraggly · windswept · matted · snarled · frowzy · slovenly
Stuck in difficulty
grubby · stained · smudged · spotted · besmirched · dingy · squalid · muddied
Damaged by outdoor exposure
frayed · dilapidated · battered · careworn · haggard · weary · world-weary · ragged
soaked
Thoroughly wet throughout
- soddenSaturated with liquid
- drippingRendered cooking fat
- waterloggedSaturated with liquid
sopping · rain-soaked · wet through · saturated · soaked to the bone · soggy · dampened · water-logged · splashed
unkempt
Untidy in appearance
- tousledDisordered, especially hair
- rumpledCrinkled from neglect
- scruffyMessily neglected in appearance
mussed · tangled · straggly · scraggly · windswept · matted · snarled · frowzy · slovenly · ragged
mired
Stuck in difficulty
filthy · grubby · stained · smudged · spotted · besmirched · dingy · squalid · muddied · splattered
weather-beaten
Damaged by outdoor exposure
faded · frayed · dilapidated · battered · careworn · haggard · weary · world-weary · ragged · threadbare