draggled
Collocations
5ADJ.
miserable
VERB + DRAGGLED
appear, began
DRAGGLED + NOUN
animals, condition, feathers, mud, skirts
PREP.
in, with
ADV.
such
Definitions
adj
Soiled and wet as by dragging in the mud.
Then wet umbrellas began to appear, draggled skirts, and mud.
They were indeed a queer-looking party that assembled on the bank—the birds with draggled feathers, the animals with their fur clinging close to them, and all dripping wet, cross, and uncomfortable.
Having a limp, miserable, dilapidated appearance; bedraggled.
1765, Tobias Smollett, Travels Through France and Italy, Letter 34, Nice, 2 April, 1765, It was near ten at night, when we entered the auberge in such a draggled and miserable condition, that Mrs. Vanini almost fainted at sight of us, on the supposition that we had met with some terrible disaster, and that the rest of the company were killed.
Under the portico, with its grey sun-bleached pillars, loitered a troop of draggled bareheaded girls, waiting for the auction to be over.
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Synonyms
adjective — limp and soiled as if dragged in the mud
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
3Then wet umbrellas began to appear, draggled skirts, and mud.
WiktionaryThey were indeed a queer-looking party that assembled on the bank—the birds with draggled feathers, the animals with their fur clinging close to them, and all dripping wet, cross, and uncomfortable.
Wiktionary1765, Tobias Smollett, Travels Through France and Italy, Letter 34, Nice, 2 April, 1765, It was near ten at night, when we entered the auberge in such a draggled and miserable condition, that Mrs. Van
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