Bedraggled: alternatives and connections

Defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or pure; serving to defile; as, dirty hands; dirty water; a dirty white.

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Defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or pure; serving to defile; as, dirty hands; dirty water; a dirty white.

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of Soil

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of Soil

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Not clean; foul; dirty; filthy.

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Not clean; foul; dirty; filthy.

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Given up or forsaken by the natural owner or guardian; left and abandoned; as, derelict lands.

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of Dilapidate

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of Draggle

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Loose; disjointed; falling to pieces; out of repair.

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A ragged fellow; a ragamuffin.

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Ready to fall; dilapidated; ruinous; as, a tumble-down house.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.