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mangy
- /ˈmeɪn.d͡ʒi/
Rhymes with -eɪndʒi
adjective mangier · mangiest · mangey
- Afflicted, or looking as if afflicted, with mange.
- Worn and squalid-looking; bedraggled or decrepit. We stayed in a really mangy hotel in New York.
- Contemptible, despicable, low. And he smote Corinius on his shaven jowl with the dice box, calling him cheat and mangy rascal, whereupon Corinius drew forth a bodkin to smite him in the neck withal; […]
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adj afflicted with mange
| Español | sarnoso |
|---|---|
| Português | sarnento |
| Français | galeux |
| Deutsch | krätzig, räudig |
| Italiano | rognoso, scabbioso |
| Română | râios |
| Русский | чесо́точный česótočnyj, парши́вый paršívyj |
| العربية | أَجْرَب ʔajrab |
adj worn and squalid-looking; bedraggled or decrepit
| Deutsch | schäbig |
|---|---|
| Русский | убо́гий ubógij, запу́щенный zapúščennyj, парши́вый paršívyj |
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@misc{mangy_2026,
title = {mangy},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mangy},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
