bedraggled /bɪˈdɹæɡl̩d/ adjective2 •Wet, limp, and unkempt; in disarray due to being doused with water, exposed to the elements, etc.No three tramps that one could have met in a Surrey lane could have looked more hopeless and bedraggled. — 1912 •Decaying, decrepit or dilapidated.It was a tall, shabby building, that cannot have been painted for years, and it had so bedraggled an air that the houses on each side of it looked neat and clean. — 1919 formsmore bedraggled · most bedraggled