be·drag·gled \-gəld\adjective 1.: left wet and limp or dragging by or as if by rain < the bedraggled flags after the shower > 2.: soiled and stained by or as if trailing in mud < the bedraggled clothes of the beggar > 3.: lacking all former impressiveness : dilapidated, decrepit, soiled, worn < the bedraggled buildings of the slums >