bedraggle

• Verbe désuet signifiant rendre quelque chose mouillé, sale ou pendant, comme si on l'avait traîné dans la boue ou dans l'eau.

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.

   Tremper et salir

   • 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.

   Synonymesbemirebespatterdirtydraggledrenchmuddysoiled

   Antonymescleandrypurify