Bedraggled - English meaning

adjective

Covered or marked with an unclean substance.

Usage examples:

A tray of dirty cups and saucers

adverb

Used for emphasis.

Usage examples:

A dirty great slab of stone

verb

Make dirty.

Usage examples:

She didn't like him dirtying her nice clean towels

verb

Make untidy or disordered.

Usage examples:

Had any of the statues been removed or disarranged?

verb

Past simple and past participle of disarrange

adjective

(of a person's hair, clothes, or appearance) untidy; disordered.

Usage examples:

A man with long dishevelled hair

verb

Make (a person's hair or clothes) untidy.

Usage examples:

He ran one hand through his hair, further dishevelling it

adjective

Not neatly arranged; confused and untidy.

Usage examples:

She went to comb her disordered hair

verb

Disrupt the systematic functioning or neat arrangement of.

Usage examples:

They are disordering the political landscape

adjective

Not normal, in a way that is unhealthy

Usage examples:

Disordered thinking/eating, she has been diagnosed as "mentally disordered.", the photograph shows …

verb

Wet thoroughly; soak.

Usage examples:

I fell in the stream and was drenched

noun

A dose of medicine administered to an animal.

Usage examples:

A worming drench

verb

Past simple and past participle of drench

Usage examples:

A sudden thunderstorm had drenched us to the skin., the athletes were drenched with sweat., she lik…

verb

Let fall or be so wet as to shed small drops of liquid.

Usage examples:

The tap won't stop dripping

noun

A small drop of a liquid.

Usage examples:

She put the bucket on top of the dresser to catch the drips

verb

Flowing in drops

adjective

Untidy or dirty.

Usage examples:

His messy hair

adjective

Dirty, unpleasant, or lacking order

Usage examples:

I hate a messy kitchen., he’s got a messy personal life.

verb

Cover or fill (something) with mud.

Usage examples:

The linoleum flooring was muddied

adjective

Covered in or full of mud.

Usage examples:

They changed their muddy boots

verb

Past simple and past participle of muddy

Usage examples:

Industrial activity has muddied the river.

adjective

Covered in or full of mud.

Usage examples:

They changed their muddy boots

verb

Cover or fill (something) with mud.

Usage examples:

The linoleum flooring was muddied

adjective

Covered by or containing mud (= wet, sticky earth)

Usage examples:

Don't bring those muddy boots inside!, muddy water, the room has been painted in muddy browns and g…

adjective

Holding as much water or moisture as can be absorbed; thoroughly soaked.

Usage examples:

A mass of saturated air decreases in temperature as it rises in the atmosphere

verb

Cause (something) to become thoroughly soaked with water or other liquid so that no more can be absorbed.

Usage examples:

The soil is saturated

adjective

Containing all of a substance that can be absorbed

adjective

Extremely wet; saturated.

Usage examples:

He got absolutely soaked in the rain

verb

Make or allow (something) to become thoroughly wet by immersing it in liquid.

Usage examples:

Soak the beans overnight in water

adjective

Extremely wet

Usage examples:

I'm going to have to take these clothes off - i'm soaked to the skin!, my shoes are soaked (through…

adjective

Extremely wet; wet through.

Usage examples:

His jacket was soaking

noun

An act of wetting something thoroughly.

Usage examples:

In spring, give the soil a good soaking

verb

Make or allow (something) to become thoroughly wet by immersing it in liquid.

Usage examples:

Soak the beans overnight in water

adjective

Saturated with liquid, especially water; soaked through.

Usage examples:

His clothes were sodden

verb

Saturate (something) with water.

Usage examples:

The rains have soddened the earth

adjective

Extremely wet as a result of absorbing liquid

Usage examples:

The carpet was a sodden mess.

adjective

Dirty; stained.

Usage examples:

A soiled t-shirt

verb

Make dirty.

Usage examples:

He might soil his expensive suit

verb

Feed (cattle) on fresh-cut green fodder (originally for the purpose of purging them).

verb

Mark or discolour with something that is not easily removed.

Usage examples:

Her clothing was stained with blood

adjective

Marked or discoloured with something that is not easily removed.

Usage examples:

A stained beer mat

adjective

(of a material or object) coloured by application of a penetrative dye or chemical.

Usage examples:

Stained timber floorboards

verb

Damage the purity or integrity of.

Usage examples:

They were outraged that anyone should sully their good name

adjective

(of hair) untidy.

Usage examples:

She wore her hair in tousled curls

verb

Make (a person's hair) untidy.

Usage examples:

I tousled his wispy silver hair

adjective

(esp. of hair) looking messy

Usage examples:

She ran her fingers through her tousled hair.

adjective

(especially of a person) having an untidy or dishevelled appearance.

Usage examples:

They were unwashed and unkempt

adjective

Not arranged neatly and in order.

Usage examples:

The place was dreadfully untidy

adjective

Covered or saturated with water or another liquid.

Usage examples:

She followed, slipping on the wet rock

verb

Cover or touch with liquid; moisten.

Usage examples:

He wetted a finger and flicked through the pages

noun

Liquid that makes something damp.

Usage examples:

I could feel the wet of his tears