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bedraggle

/bɪˈdræɡ.əl/

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verb

/bɪˈdræɡ.əl/formalobsolete
  • ruУстаревший глагол, означающий сделать что-то мокрым, грязным или обвисшим, как будто протащив по грязи или воде.

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.

    ruИспачкать и намочить

    • 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.

    Synonymsbemirebespatterdirtydraggledrenchmuddysoiled

    Antonymscleandrypurify

Forms
  • bedraggled past participle
  • bedraggled past simple
  • bedraggling present participle
  • bedraggles third person singular
Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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