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Definition of mangy in English: mangy(also mangey) adjectivemangier, mangiest ˈmeɪn(d)ʒiˈmeɪndʒi 1Having mange. 患疥癣的，生癞疮的 Example sentencesExamples - They cannot all survive, so many will starve and become mangy and diseased.
- A goat and a couple of mangy dogs sniffed around them, their senses quickened by the smells from the next door kitchen.
- The park beside Santa Sabina is empty except for a few mangy, watchful cats and an old man who is playing simple scales on the flute - trilling up the scale, trilling down.
- Some rats are clean, sleek and very friendly, but Scram smells bad, is dirty, mangey, skinny and neurotic.
- I decided maybe it was time to leave the mangy koala runt behind and try something fresh.
- Stop in on any of the parishes around the island and you're bound to see women standing in doorways and windows conversing with their neighbours and children playing barefoot in the streets with slightly mangy dogs.
- Deep-down you have this sneaking feeling that there is every chance you are going to be sold a pup, quite possibly even a mangy dog.
- Because of their debilitated condition, mangy wolves may also be more likely to attack easy prey such as domestic sheep.
- You look at his feet: he isn't wearing scuffed, oil-stained boots or even stilettos, and there's no sign of a mangy mutt snoozing nearby.
- Several of these places were hygienically challenged, with mangy dogs scurrying about, leaking sewage pipes and nowhere to bathe.
- Kids are cautioned not to touch a mangy dog for fear that the mange will ooze from the hapless pooch to the child and cause his skin to rot and his hair to fall out.
- Instead, he's a mangy mutt with his tail between his legs.
- A mangy cat showed up looking hopeful, out there in the cold.
- I bet she can both hear and smell those mangy animals from her front porch.
- In the dinner line, a mangy, bearded white man accepts his daily portion of slop.
- Small flocks of mangy goats and sheep, shepherded by women in flowing black abayas, forage in the trash.
- Sometimes there will be squealing siblings by their side and at other times, you'll see a mangy dog warily watching on.
- There's a man sleeping next to a mangy dog in an adjacent doorway.
- Many dogs are mangy, sickly or hungry, and often roam in packs.
- They completed depictions of a mangy but loveable dog, a fire-breathing dragon, a proud lion and a menacing silverback gorilla defending his territory.
Synonyms scabby, scaly, scabious, diseased - 1.1 In poor condition; shabby.
破旧的；衣衫褴褛的 a girl in a mangy fur coat 身着破旧毛皮大衣的姑娘。 Example sentencesExamples - The turkeys themselves are mangy critters - snowy feathers dirty from sitting on mud, bald heads vulture-like.
- She wants him to stop looking like such a mangy scruffbag.
- There should be straggly broad bean plants, and lines of mangy lettuces.
- The patchy raggedness of the moult gave him a somewhat mangy appearance, but by the end of June he was smooth and as lean as a hungry wolf in his summer coat.
- He threw his coat onto the mangy couch and turned on the TV.
- He wore a colorless, primeval terry-cloth bathrobe that had been picked and shredded to a mangy condition.
- Underneath the mangy, beige carpet, the floorboards were rotten.
- Perhaps fooled by our mangy appearance, he insisted that we order something, his treat.
Synonyms scruffy, moth-eaten, shabby, worn, unkempt, shoddy, sorry, dirty, squalid, filthy, sleazy, seedy informal tatty, the worse for wear, scuzzy, grungy, yucky British informal grotty North American informal raggedy
Derivativesnoun The itching and the manginess eventually began to vex the hippies, leading them to seek help from the local free clinics. Example sentencesExamples - The manginess was quite apparent, especially in the airplane scene where he was discussing writing the 8 new songs.
- There was a vague, unpleasant manginess about his appearance; he somehow seemed dirty, though a close glance showed him carefully shaved, and clad in immaculate linen.
- The smaller eye is a great touch and adds to his manginess.
Definition of mangy in US English: mangy(also mangey) adjectiveˈmānjēˈmeɪndʒi 1Having mange. 患疥癣的，生癞疮的 Example sentencesExamples - A mangy cat showed up looking hopeful, out there in the cold.
- In the dinner line, a mangy, bearded white man accepts his daily portion of slop.
- They completed depictions of a mangy but loveable dog, a fire-breathing dragon, a proud lion and a menacing silverback gorilla defending his territory.
- You look at his feet: he isn't wearing scuffed, oil-stained boots or even stilettos, and there's no sign of a mangy mutt snoozing nearby.
- I decided maybe it was time to leave the mangy koala runt behind and try something fresh.
- Instead, he's a mangy mutt with his tail between his legs.
- Small flocks of mangy goats and sheep, shepherded by women in flowing black abayas, forage in the trash.
- Several of these places were hygienically challenged, with mangy dogs scurrying about, leaking sewage pipes and nowhere to bathe.
- I bet she can both hear and smell those mangy animals from her front porch.
- The park beside Santa Sabina is empty except for a few mangy, watchful cats and an old man who is playing simple scales on the flute - trilling up the scale, trilling down.
- Deep-down you have this sneaking feeling that there is every chance you are going to be sold a pup, quite possibly even a mangy dog.
- Stop in on any of the parishes around the island and you're bound to see women standing in doorways and windows conversing with their neighbours and children playing barefoot in the streets with slightly mangy dogs.
- Kids are cautioned not to touch a mangy dog for fear that the mange will ooze from the hapless pooch to the child and cause his skin to rot and his hair to fall out.
- They cannot all survive, so many will starve and become mangy and diseased.
- Sometimes there will be squealing siblings by their side and at other times, you'll see a mangy dog warily watching on.
- There's a man sleeping next to a mangy dog in an adjacent doorway.
- Many dogs are mangy, sickly or hungry, and often roam in packs.
- A goat and a couple of mangy dogs sniffed around them, their senses quickened by the smells from the next door kitchen.
- Because of their debilitated condition, mangy wolves may also be more likely to attack easy prey such as domestic sheep.
- Some rats are clean, sleek and very friendly, but Scram smells bad, is dirty, mangey, skinny and neurotic.
Synonyms scabby, scaly, scabious, diseased - 1.1 In poor condition; shabby.
破旧的；衣衫褴褛的 a girl in a mangy fur coat 身着破旧毛皮大衣的姑娘。 Example sentencesExamples - The turkeys themselves are mangy critters - snowy feathers dirty from sitting on mud, bald heads vulture-like.
- The patchy raggedness of the moult gave him a somewhat mangy appearance, but by the end of June he was smooth and as lean as a hungry wolf in his summer coat.
- Underneath the mangy, beige carpet, the floorboards were rotten.
- She wants him to stop looking like such a mangy scruffbag.
- He wore a colorless, primeval terry-cloth bathrobe that had been picked and shredded to a mangy condition.
- There should be straggly broad bean plants, and lines of mangy lettuces.
- Perhaps fooled by our mangy appearance, he insisted that we order something, his treat.
- He threw his coat onto the mangy couch and turned on the TV.
Synonyms scruffy, moth-eaten, shabby, worn, unkempt, shoddy, sorry, dirty, squalid, filthy, sleazy, seedy
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