Mangy

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Affected with, caused by, or resembling mange.
  • adj. Having many worn spots; shabby: a mangy old fur coat.
  • adj. Rundown and filthy; squalid: mangy tenements.
  • adj. Mean; contemptible.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Afflicted with mange.
  • adj. Worn and squalid-looking; bedraggled or decrepit.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Infected with the mange; scabby.
  • adj. Shabby; worn-out; seedy; run-down; squalid.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. See mange, n.
  • Infected with the mange; scabby; hence, untidily rough or shaggy, as if from mange.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. having many worn or threadbare spots in the nap
  • Equivalent
    worn   
    Variant
    mangiest    mangier   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    scabby    shabby    worn-out    seedy    run-down   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    rangy   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    half-grown    three-legged    mutie    brindle    two-legged