as in dilapidated
showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect
a mangy old car that was covered in rust
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Celia Mattison,
Vulture,
27 Dec. 2024
Davis was more or less rocking his signature look — a red Adidas tracksuit, hair in mangy dreads.
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Ed Masley,
The Arizona Republic,
4 Oct. 2024
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mangy
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The Reflecting Pool has been a pet project of the president, who, before renovations got underway this spring, characterized it as dilapidated and dirty and said previous presidents had neglected it.
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Unable to pay rent, the boys moved several hours away to the small, dilapidated house with the leaky roof where rent is minimal.
Adjective
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Underdog startups and neglected divisions tell similar stories.
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Cinematographer Guillermo Garza shoots neglected settings like fine art, embracing the grime.
Adjective
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The burly bureaucrat in dark slacks and a navy sweater has a scruffy beard and the frazzled look of an anonymous factotum thrust into the limelight.
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The casual visit is scruffy hospitality par excellence.
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“Mangy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mangy. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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