mangy

English

Etymology

mange +‎ -y

Pronunciation

enPR: mānʹjē, IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪndʒi/

Adjective

mangy (comparative mangier, superlative mangiest)

Afflicted with mange.
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)

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