bedraggled

• Beschreibt jemanden oder etwas als ungepflegt, zerzaust, schmutzig oder durchnässt, oft infolge von schlechtem Wetter oder Vernachlässigung.

Describes someone or something that is disheveled, untidy, or wet, typically as a result of being out in bad weather or through neglect.

1. Wet and dirtyB2formal

   In a state of being wet, dirty, and untidy, typically from being out in bad weather.

   Nass und schmutzig

   • The bedraggled cat crawled out from under the porch after the storm.
   • She looked bedraggled after walking home in the rain.
   • The flowers were bedraggled from the heavy downpour.

   Synonymedisheveleddrenchedgrubbymuddysaturatedscruffysoakedsoddensoggyunkempt

   Antonymecleandrytidy

2. Disheveled and messyB2formal

   Looking messy, unkempt, or worn out, often due to exhaustion or neglect.

   Verwahrlost und ungepflegt

   • He arrived at the party looking bedraggled after a long day at work.
   • The bedraggled hiker stumbled into the cabin, exhausted.
   • Her hair was bedraggled and her clothes were torn after the accident.

   Synonymedisheveledmessyscruffyshabbyslovenlyunkemptuntidy

   Antonymedappergroomedneatsmartsprucetidytrim

• 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