mangy
🇺🇸
/ˈmeɪndʒi/
🇬🇧
/ˈmeɪndʒi/
adjective
R
Affected by a skin disease that causes hair loss and sores.
The stray dog looked mangy and needed a bath.
R
Ragged and dirty, in a state of neglect.
The old man's mangy clothes made him look homeless.
translation
Affected by a skin disease that causes hair loss and sores.; Ragged and dirty, in a state of neglect.
Word Forms
Comparative
mangier
Superlative
mangiest