bedraggled
Wet, muddy and messy-looking.
bedraggled in a sentence
- The bedraggled cat squelched in from the storm, fur dripping and full of leaves.
- After the muddy cross-country race, the runners looked bedraggled, dripping and streaked with dirt.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to bedraggled?
- Aneat
- Bclean
- Ctidy
- Dmessy
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D: messy. The other three mean the opposite of bedraggled.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to bedraggled?
- Asoggy
- Bneat
- Cmessy
- Dscruffy
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B: neat. The other three mean nearly the same as bedraggled.
Words that mean something similar
messy, soggy, scruffy
Words that mean the opposite
neat, clean, tidy
More words about appearance & looks
- bland: Plain and boring, without much taste or interest.
- bleary: Tired-looking and unable to see clearly.
- blemish: A small mark or fault that spoils how something looks.
- blunt: Not sharp, or saying things in a very direct way.
- brawny: Strong and full of muscles.
- brittle: Hard but easily snapped or broken.
- burly: Big, strong and heavily built.
- camouflage: The colours or patterns that help something blend in and hide.
More words to explore
Sitting the 11+ in Kent, Medway or Buckinghamshire?
Plain-English guides to each test, from the councils’ own pages: Kent Test · Medway Test · Bucks Secondary Transfer Test