mangle
The word “mangle” has 2 syllables: man-gle
It's pronounced as /ˈmæŋ.ɡəl/
What is synonym and antonym for mangle?
In the thesaurus, “mangle” has 63 synonyms and 32 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for mangle along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for mangle
- batter
- blemish
- blight
- blow
- blunder
- bobble
- boggle
- boot
- botch
- break
- bruise
- bumble
- bungle
- butcher
- carve
- contort
- crush
- cut
- damage
- deface
- destroy
- disfigure
- distort
- dub
- flaw
- flay
- flub
- fluff
- foozle
- foul up
- fumble
- hack
- harm
- hash
- hurt
- impair
- injure
- lacerate
- louse up
- maim
- mar
- maul
- mishandle
- mismanage
- muck up
- muddle
- muff
- murder
- mutilate
- piffle
- rend
- ruin
- screw up
- separate
- slash
- slay
- slice
- slit
- spoil
- tear
- vitiate
- wound
- wreck
Antonyms for mangle
- aid
- ameliorate
- beautify
- better
- build
- combine
- construct
- create
- cure
- doctor
- enhance
- fix
- grow
- heal
- help
- improve
- join
- meliorate
- mend
- patch
- preserve
- recondition
- rectify
- refine
- reform
- remedy
- renovate
- repair
- revamp
- sew
- unite
- wait
Meanings of mangle
- verb
- To change, mutilate or disfigure by cutting, tearing, rearranging etc.
- To modify (an identifier from source code) so as to produce a unique identifier for internal use by the compiler, etc.
- To wring laundry.
- noun
- A hand-operated device with rollers, for wringing laundry.
- The mangle attached to wringer washing machines, often called the wringer.
- Mangrove (tree).
Example Sentences
- She tried to fix the broken fabric but accidentally mangled it further.
- The machine seemed to mangle everything it touched, leaving a mess behind.
- He mangled the words while trying to speak a foreign language.
- The fierce storm mangled the trees in the yard, leaving only stumps.
- They mangled the recipe by adding the wrong ingredients, ruining the dish.
On this page you'll find 95 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to mangle, such as: aid, ameliorate, batter, beautify, better, blemish, blight.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
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- unit price
- valuation
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damages
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- gashes
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- punishment
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- recompense
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- redress
- refund
- reimbursement
- remuneration
- reparation
- reparations
- repayment
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- ruin
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- rust
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- scalds
- scars
- scathe
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- scorch
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- scrapes
- scratch
- settlement
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- smash
- smashes
- solatium
- split
- spoil
- spoilage
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- stain
- strains
- stroke
- suffering
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- tarnishes
- tear
- tears
- tears down
- torments
- tortures
- total
- totals
- undermine
- undermines
- vitiate
- vitiates
- washes out
- waste
- wastes
- weaken
- weakens
- wear away
- wipes out
- wound
- wounds
- wreak havoc on
- wreck
- wreckage
- wrecking
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- wrong
hack
- KO
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- allow
- amateur
- arid
- banal
- bang
- barren
- bash
- bastinade
- bastinado
- bat
- battering
- bear
- beat
- beating
- beginner
- belt
- bide
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- blow
- bludgeoning
- body blow
- bop
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- command
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- engineer
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- gharry
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- greenhorn
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- haymaker
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- imitative
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- ricksha
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- slit
- slot
- slug
- smack
- smash
- snip
- sock
- spank
- stale
- stand
- stand for
- standard
- steer
- stereotyped
- stick out
- stinger
- stock
- stodgy
- stomach
- stripe
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- stuffy
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- suffer
- support
- sustain
- swallow
- swat
- sweat out
- swing
- swipe
- switch
- take
- tame
- taxi
- taxicab
- tedious
- tenderfoot
- thrashing
- threadbare
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- thwack
- timeworn
- tired
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- tried-and-true
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hacksaw
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- combine
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- pepper
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- qualify
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- sock
- soil
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- spike
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- stay
- storm
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- swipe
- switch
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- wallop
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