Mangy

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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