Decrepit vs Bedraggled - What's the difference?
decrepit | bedraggled |
wet and limp; unkempt
decaying, decrepit or dilapidated
* 1919 , (Saki), The Toys of Peace and Other Papers
(bedraggle)
As adjectives the difference between decrepit and bedraggled
is that decrepit is weakened or worn out from age or wear while bedraggled is wet and limp; unkempt.As a verb bedraggled is
(bedraggle).decrepit
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Alternative forms
* decrepid (obsolete)Derived terms
* decrepitly * decrepitudeExternal links
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*bedraggled
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Adjective
(en adjective)- She is only coming to gloat over my bedraggled and flowerless borders and to sing the praises of her own detestably over-cultivated garden. I’m sick of being told that it’s the envy of the neighbourhood; it’s like everything else that belongs to her—her car, her dinner-parties, even her headaches, they are all superlative; no one else ever had anything like them.