bedraggled

• Décrit quelqu'un ou quelque chose de débraillé, négligé ou mouillé, généralement à la suite d'un mauvais temps ou d'une négligence.

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.

   Trempé et sale

   • 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.

   Synonymesdisheveleddrenchedgrubbymuddysaturatedscruffysoakedsoddensoggyunkempt

   Antonymescleandrytidy

2. Disheveled and messyB2formal

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

   dépenaillé, en désordre

   • 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.

   Synonymesdisheveledmessyscruffyshabbyslovenlyunkemptuntidy

   Antonymesdappergroomedneatsmartsprucetidytrim

• 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