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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

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


The 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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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