Synonyms of mangy

mangy

adjective

ˈmān-jē 

as in dilapidated

showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect

a mangy old car that was covered in rust

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dilapidated
• neglected
• scruffy
• tattered
• tatty
• shabby
• miserable
• tired
• dumpy
• ragged
• desolate
• ratty
• scrubby
• tumbledown
• abandoned
• grungy
• seedy
• threadbare
• tacky
• gone to seed
• timeworn
• down-at-the-heels
• sleazy
• beat-up
• moth-eaten
• broken
• dog-eared
• tatterdemalion
• ruined
• run-down
• mean
• bombed-out
• unkept
• damaged
• decrepit
• bedraggled
• dingy
• forlorn
• wrecked
• deteriorated
• ramshackle
• decaying
• destroyed
• rickety
• godforsaken
• deteriorating
• broken-down
• injured
• worn-out
• rackety
• hurt
• impaired
• harmed
• rattletrap

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• new
• fresh
• brand-new
• kept-up
• maintained
• reconstructed
• patched
• mended
• spiffy
• cared-for
• rebuilt
• smart
• spruce

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of mangy

Too mangy, too rangy, prowling in their bony elegance, leaping weightless from dangerously precarious mounds of sharp edges, peering yellow- eyed from shadows. — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 21 May 2026

To write, especially in a first draft, is to submit myself to the mangy, cackling glory of not knowing. — Literary Hub, 17 Apr. 2026

Talking Heads played their first gig in June, 1975, opening for the Ramones at CBGB, a rock club on a mangy block in the East Village. — Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025

That also includes Leonard, a dapper old parrot who lives in the clinic, and Bitchy, a mangy, rangy alley cat who recently wandered into the office and took up residence. — Duante Beddingfield, Freep.com, 30 July 2025

His Orlok is more feral and red-blooded than previous iterations, appearing swathed in ursine furs and accompanied by mangy curs. — Celia Mattison, Vulture, 27 Dec. 2024

Davis was more or less rocking his signature look — a red Adidas tracksuit, hair in mangy dreads. — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 4 Oct. 2024