raddled

/ (ˈrædəld) /

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adjective

(esp of a person) unkempt or run-down in appearance

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Word Origin for raddled

C17: from raddle ²

Words nearby raddled

radar telescope, radar trap, Radcliff, Radcliffe, raddle, raddled, raddleman, radeau, radectomy, Radek, Radetzky

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How to use raddled in a sentence

A hand-basin, the water in it raddled with rouge, stood on the table behind her, and a white china jug of fresh water beside it.
The Black Opal|Katharine Susannah Prichard
Outside them and through them ran raddled sheep bleating their fear.
Ulysses|James Joyce
She had on a different hat, and the earlier hour showed him the shining of her eyes above the raddled cheeks.
The Lovely Lady|Mary Austin
His whole broad face was darkly flushed, the red skin raddled with a thousand lines.
Wilderness of Spring|Edgar Pangborn

Noa, not by force, as I seed; but there wore one chap among them woundily raddled on the sconce.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 70, No. 431, September 1851|Various