1.
[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