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mangy

Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪn.d͡ʒi/

The English word “mangy” has 3 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Afflicted, or looking as if afflicted, with mange.
  2. Worn and squalid-looking; bedraggled or decrepit.
  3. Contemptible, despicable, low.

Etymology

From mange + -y.

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