Word familynounmangemanginessadverbmangilyadjectivemangy
Related topics: Illness & disability
mang·y /ˈmeɪndʒi/adjectiveadj
1MIsuffering from mange 患兽疥癣的
thin mangy dogs
瘦骨嶙峋的癞皮狗
2informalDAMAGE dirty and in bad condition 脏而破的,破旧的
a mangy-looking rug
一块看起来又脏又破的地毯
Examples from the Corpus
mangy• He wore a mangy fur hat and a ragged coat.• They went into a mangy old briefcase that Spider kept there.• The Celtic tiger, mangy or otherwise, arrived too late to uproot lives and careers established in other countries.• The Islington foxes must be poor mangy specimens.• With light feet, his mangy tail down, he padded away from me and I breathed again.• Richard looked around at the broken glass and mangy, tethered ponies.• Was there anything ever so mangy, trashy, as these potted objects?