bedraggled
- soiled and stained by or as if by trailing in mud.
- left wet and limp by or as if by rain.
- dilapidated bedraggled buildings.
Is bedraggled a real word?
Bedraggled people haven't gotten enough sleep and aren't quite as pulled together and polished as they might like to be. Bedraggled is an 18th-century word, from the now-obsolete verb bedraggle, combining be and draggle, "make wet and dirty" or "lag behind."
What does being accosted mean?
transitive verb. : to approach and speak to (someone) in an often challenging or aggressive way He was accosted by a stranger on the street.
