mangy

English

Etymology

mange +‎ -y

Pronunciation

• enPR: mānʹjē, IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪndʒi/

Adjective

mangy ‎(comparative mangier, superlative mangiest)

1. Afflicted with mange.
2. Worn and squalid-looking; bedraggled or decrepit.

   We stayed in a really mangy hotel in New York.

Synonyms

• (worn and squalid-looking; bedraggled or decrepit): shabby

Translations

afflicted with mange

• Arabic: أَجْرَب ‎(ʾajrab)
• French: galeux (fr)
• German: krätzig (de), räudig (de)

• Norman: galeux
• Polish: parszywy (pl)
• Portuguese: sarnento (pt)
• Russian: чесо́точный (ru) ‎(česótočnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: šugav (sh) m, шугав
• Spanish: sarnoso (es)

worn and squalid-looking; bedraggled or decrepit

• German: schäbig (de)

• Russian: убо́гий (ru) ‎(ubógij), запу́щенный (ru) ‎(zapúščennyj)