Bedraggled and Wretched

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Bedraggled adjective - Containing, covered with, or thoroughly penetrated by water.

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Wretched and bedraggled are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wretched" instead an adjective "Bedraggled".

Wretched adjective - Extremely unsatisfactory.

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Bedraggled and wretched are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bedraggled" instead an adjective "Wretched".

Nearby Words: wretch, wretchedly

The procession of weary soldiers became a bedraggled train, despondent and muttering, marching with churning effort in a trough of liquid brown mud under a low, wretched sky.

Source: Literature / The Red Badge of Courage

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