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mangiest

mangiest is the superlative form of mangy.

Meaning of mangy

Adjective

mangy (comparative mangier, superlative mangiest)

  1. Afflicted, or looking as if afflicted, with mange.
  2. (broadly) Worn and squalid-looking; bedraggled or decrepit.
    • We stayed in a really mangy hotel in New York.
    Synonyms:
    decrepit, scruffy, shabby
  3. Contemptible, despicable, low.
    • And he smote Corinius on his shaven jowl with the dice box, calling him cheat and mangy rascal, whereupon Corinius drew forth a bodkin to smite him in the neck withal; […]1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 33

Questions about mangiest

What is mangiest the superlative form of?
Mangiest is the superlative form of mangy.

Words near mangiest in the dictionary

  1. Mangiaracina
  2. Mangiaracinas
  3. mangie
  4. mangier
  5. mangies
  6. mangiest
  7. mangiferin
  8. Mangilao
  9. mangily
  10. Mangin
  11. mangina

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