draggle

verb

Definition of dragglenext
as in to disarrange

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for draggle
  1. mess
  2. jumble
  3. disarray
  4. muddle
  5. dishevel
  6. disorder
Verb
  • Some big studios completely changed their films very close to the finish line, which sometimes can mess things up.
    Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2025
  • The most successful, or at least fascinating, of these movies tends to mess in one way or another with his seemingly carefree relationship to notions of authenticity or identity.
    Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2024
Definition of mess
Verb
  • The top team in the league is an easy decision, but after a wild week in the NFL, teams are jumbled.
    Fox News Staff, Fox News, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Details sometimes get jumbled, but no one complains.
    Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of jumble
Verb
  • The film’s most trenchant scenes involve Gere in states of repose or regret or nostalgia, especially when psychically disarrayed in a chair with a camera facing toward him, wondering what, for example, desire smells like.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Seen in a video that moves through the abandoned and disarrayed hallways of the pediatric intensive care unit at Al-Nasr Children’s Hospital in northern Gaza were several babies whose unattended bodies lay on separate hospital beds.
    Yasmine Salam, NBC News, 2 Dec. 2023
Definition of disarray
Verb
  • It’s all muddled, which is par for the course with Sheridan; his writing hasn’t been thematically sharp since Hell or High Water.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2024
  • To make a cucumber martini, muddle a few slices of cucumber in the shaker before adding the rest of the ingredients.
    Elizabeth Nelson, Southern Living, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of muddle
Verb
  • In the very first scene of Hulu’s Great Expectations, a distraught and disheveled Pip (Fionn Whitehead) ties one end of a rope to a bridge, tightens the other around his neck, and leaps.
    Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Angular guitars, indie-disco beats, deliberately disheveled haircuts.
    Jon O'Brien, Vulture, 9 May 2023
Definition of dishevel
Verb
  • But mimicking this behavior and expecting similar results could set young adults up for disappointment or disordered eating habits.
    Rachel Hale, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Research suggests that time spent on social networking sites is associated with body image issues, self-harm, and disordered eating in children and teens.
    Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of disorder
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Thesaurus Entries Near draggle

dragging (out)

draggle

draggled

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