bedraggled
/bɪˈdraɡ(ə)ld
/adjective
Dishevelled: we got there, tired and bedraggled...
- The poor garden is looking bedraggled: dry and dishevelled.
- He had dragged himself from the bed in a tangle of blankets, his hair tousled and bedraggled like a farmer's hay stack that had been left out in the rain.
- Jamie grunted, combing down his long, bedraggled, messy hair with his hand.
Synonyms
dishevelled, disordered, untidy, unkempt, tousled, disarranged, messy, in a mess;
dirty, muddy, muddied, soiled, sullied, stained;
wet, sodden, soaking, soaking wet, wringing wet, soaked, drenched, saturated, dripping, soggy, splashed
North American informal mussed
Origin
Early 18th century: from be- 'thoroughly' + draggle + -ed2.