bedraggle

• Veralteter Begriff: etwas nass, schmutzig oder schlaff machen, als hätte man es durch Schlamm oder Wasser geschleift.

An obsolete verb meaning to make something wet, dirty, or limp, as if by dragging through mud or water.

1. Make wet and dirtyC2formal

   To make something or someone wet, limp, and dirty, typically as a result of being out in rain or mud.

   Nass und schmutzig machen

   • The sudden downpour bedraggled her new dress.
   • The hikers were bedraggled after walking through the muddy trail.
   • The storm bedraggled the flags hanging outside the building.

   Synonymebemirebespatterdirtydraggledrenchmuddysoiled

   Antonymecleandrypurify