Meaning

3 senses
  1. Afflicted, or looking as if afflicted, with mange.

    krätzig, räudig

    чесо́точныйčesótočnyj, парши́выйparšívyj

    коро́стявийkoróstjavyj

  2. (broadly)Worn and squalid-looking; bedraggled or decrepit.

    We stayed in a really mangy hotel in New York.

    schäbig

    убо́гийubógij, запу́щенныйzapúščennyj, парши́выйparšívyj

  3. Contemptible, despicable, low.

More definitions
  • having many worn or threadbare spots in the nap

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
afflicted with mange:
Русский
By meaning 2
afflicted with mange:
worn and squalid-looking; bedraggled or decrepit:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
afflicted with mange:
worn and squalid-looking; bedraggled or decrepit:

Forms

mangier, mangiest
Comparativemangier Lesson
Superlativemangiest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • having many worn or threadbare spots in the nap:mangey

Word family

3 related words
Derivedmangily

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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