mangy
The word “mangy” has 2 syllables: man-gy
It's pronounced as /ˈmeɪn.dʒi/
What is synonym and antonym for mangy?
In the thesaurus, “mangy” has 65 synonyms and 15 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for mangy along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for mangy
- abandoned
- beat-up
- bedraggled
- bombed-out
- broken
- broken-down
- damaged
- decaying
- decrepit
- desolate
- destroyed
- deteriorated
- deteriorating
- dilapidated
- dingy
- dirty
- dog-eared
- down-at-heel
- down-at-heels
- down-at-the-heel
- down-at-the-heels
- dumpy
- forlorn
- godforsaken
- gone to seed
- grungy
- harmed
- hurt
- impaired
- impoverished
- indigent
- injured
- mean
- miserable
- moth-eaten
- neglected
- poor
- rackety
- ragged
- ragtag
- ramshackle
- rattletrap
- ratty
- rickety
- ruined
- run-down
- scrubby
- scruffy
- seedy
- shabby
- shoddy
- sick
- sleazy
- squalid
- tacky
- tatterdemalion
- tattered
- tatty
- threadbare
- timeworn
- tired
- tumbledown
- unkept
- worn-out
- wrecked
Antonyms for mangy
- brand-new
- cared-for
- fresh
- kempt
- kept-up
- maintained
- mended
- neat
- new
- patched
- rebuilt
- reconstructed
- smart
- spiffy
- spruce
Meanings of mangy
- adjective
- Afflicted with mange.
- (by extension) Worn and squalid-looking; bedraggled or decrepit.
Example Sentences
- A mangy dog wandered into the yard looking tired and hungry.
- He wore a mangy old coat that barely held together at the seams.
- The alley was home to a few mangy cats that avoided people.
- She refused to sit on the mangy couch that smelled of mildew.
- The once proud lion now looked mangy and weak in the rundown zoo.
On this page you'll find 80 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to mangy, such as: abandoned, beat-up, bedraggled, bombed-out, brand-new, broken, broken-down.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
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- distention
- dog-eared
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- down in the mouth
- down-at-the-heel
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- gone to seed
- gravitating
- groundward
- growth
- grubby
- hanging
- heavy-hearted
- hollow
- hollowed
- hump
- hung
- hurting
- ill-fitting
- in a bad way
- in the pits
- inclining
- incurvate
- incurvated
- incurved
- indented
- inferior
- intumescence
- irresilient
- jut
- kaput
- lagging
- languid
- languishing
- languorous
- lassitudinous
- lax
- leaden
- lessening
- lethargic
- letting up
- lightening
- limp
- listless
- lolling
- loose
- losing momentum
- low
- low-spirited
- lowering
- lump
- mangy
- melancholy
- messy
- miserable
- moderating
- moody
- mopey
- mopish
- morose
- narrowing
- neglected
- nether
- nodding
- nodulation
- nodule
- old
- out of condition
- out of shape
- outgrowth
- outthrust
- overgrown
- oversize
- pendant
- pendent
- pendulous
- plummeting
- plunging
- poor
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- pouch
- precipitating
- projection
- prominence
- promontory
- protrusion
- protuberance
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- quieting
- ragged
- ratty
- receding
- relaxed
- relenting
- roomy
- rotting
- round
- rounded
- running down
- rusty
- sac
- sad
- saggy
- salience
- scooped
- scruffy
- shabby
- shapeless
- shot down
- shrinking
- shriveling up
- shrunken
- sickly
- sinking
- slack
- slackening
- slacking
- sleazy
- sliding
- slipping
- sloppy
- slouching
- slouchy
- slovenly
- slowing
- slumping
- soft
- softening
- spiritless
- squalid
- stooped
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- subjacent
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- sunken
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- swagging
- swelling
- tacky
- tapering
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- tattered
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- threadbare
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- to the bottom
- toneless
- torn
- tuberosity
- tumefaction
- tumor
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- weeping
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- wilting
- withering
- woebegone
- worn
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- yielding
tacky
- abandoned
- adherent
- adhesive
- beat-up
- bedraggled
- bombed-out
- broken
- broken-down
- cheap
- cheesy
- clingy
- coarse
- common
- crude
- damaged
- decaying
- decrepit
- desolate
- destroyed
- deteriorated
- deteriorating
- dilapidated
- dingy
- dog-eared
- dowdy
- down-at-heel
- down-at-heels
- down-at-the-heel
- down-at-the-heels
- dumpy
- faded
- flashy
- forlorn
- frumpy
- garish
- gaudy
- gelatinous
- glitzy
- gluey
- glutinous
- godforsaken
- gone to seed
- gooey
- graceless
- grotesque
- grungy
- gummy
- harmed
- hurt
- impaired
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- junky
- kitsch
- kitschy
- loud
- lousy
- low-grade
- mangy
- mean
- messy
- miserable
- moth-eaten
- nasty
- neglected
- ostentatious
- out-of-date
- outmoded
- overdone
- pitchy
- poky
- rackety
- ragged
- ramshackle
- rattletrap
- ratty
- rickety
- ropey
- ropy
- ruined
- run down
- run-down
- scrubby
- scruffy
- second-rate
- seedy
- shabby
- shoddy
- showy
- sleazy
- sloppy
- slovenly
- splashy
- sticky
- stodgy
- styleless
- syrupy
- tarry
- tasteless
- tatterdemalion
- tattered
- tatty
- tawdry
- tenacious
- threadbare
- ticky-tack
- ticky-tacky
- timeworn
- tired
- trashy
- tumbledown
- unbecoming
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- unkept
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- untidy
- viscid
- viscous
- vulgar
- worn-out
- wrecked
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ragged
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- admonished
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- bad-mouthed
- badly dressed
- badly worn
- basted
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- bedraggled
- belittled
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- blasted
- broken
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- bumpy
- burred
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- dilapidated
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- dog-eared
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- down-at-heel
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- dressed down
- excoriated
- faded
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- fragmented
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- frazzled
- full of holes
- grungy
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- in holes
- in rags
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- jagged
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- keelhauled
- knobbly
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- lashed
- lectured
- lopsided
- lumpy
- mangy
- mean
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- moth-eaten
- nonuniform
- notched
- nubbly
- nubby
- out at elbows
- out at the elbows
- panned
- patched
- patchy
- pebbly
- pitted
- pocked
- poor
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- put down
- raggedy
- ragtag
- rated
- ratty
- rebuked
- rent
- reprehended
- reprimanded
- reproached
- reproved
- reviled
- ridiculed
- rough
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- rugged
- run-down
- rutted
- rutty
- sandpapery
- saw-toothed
- scoffed
- scolded
- scored
- scorned
- scourged
- scraggly
- scraggy
- scratchy
- scroungy
- scruffy
- scuzzy
- seedy
- serrate
- serrated
- shabby
- shaggy
- shoddy
- shredded
- slammed
- tacky
- tatterdemalion
- tattered
- tatty
- threadbare
- tongue-lashed
- took to task
- torn
- unaligned
- unbalanced
- undulating
- undulatory
- uneven
- unfinished
- unkempt
- unpressed
- upbraided
- vituperated
- wavy
- worn-out
- worse for wear
raggedy
- badly dressed
- badly worn
- battered
- bedraggled
- broken
- broken-down
- decrepit
- dilapidated
- dingy
- dog-eared
- dowdy
- down-at-heel
- down-at-heels
- down-at-the-heel
- down-at-the-heels
- faded
- frayed
- frazzled
- full of holes
- grungy
- holey
- in rags
- in shreds
- in tatters
- lacerate
- lacerated
- mangy
- moth-eaten
- out at elbows
- out at the elbows
- patchy
- poorly made
- ragged
- ragtag
- ratty
- ripped
- rugged
- run-down
- scraggy
- scroungy
- scruffy
- scuzzy
- seedy
- shabby
- shaggy
- shoddy
- shredded
- tacky
- tatterdemalion
- tattered
- threadbare
- torn
- torn to pieces
- unkempt
- worn-out