mangy

3 definitions found

mangy - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  mangy \man"gy\, a. [Compar. mangier; superl. mangiest.] [F.
     mang['e], p. p. of manger to eat. See Manger.]
     1. Infected with the mange; scabby.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Shabby; worn-out; seedy; run-down; squalid; as, a mangy
        old coat; a mangy tavern.
        [PJC]

mangy - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  mangy
      adj 1: having many worn or threadbare spots in the nap; "a mangy
             carpet"; "a mangy old fur coat" [syn: mangy, mangey]

mangy - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  30 Moby Thesaurus words for "mangy":
     abject, base, contemptible, decrepit, despicable, dingy, dirty,
     disreputable, down-at-heel, filthy, ignominious, low, mean,
     miserable, moth-eaten, nasty, odious, poor, repulsive, scruffy,
     scurvy, seedy, shabby, sleazy, slovenly, sorry, squalid, tattered,
     unkempt, wretched