Mangy vs. Mingy — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Mangy and Mingy
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Definitions
Mangy
Having mange.
Mingy
Small in quantity; meager
A job that paid mingy wages.
Mangy
Affected with, caused by, or resembling mange.
Mingy
Mean and stingy.
Mangy
Shabby or squalid
A mangy old coat.
Mangy tenements.
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Mingy
(colloquial) Mean, miserly, stingy.
Mangy
Mean; contemptible.
Mingy
Used of persons or behavior; characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity;
A mean person
He left a miserly tip
Mangy
Afflicted, or looking as if afflicted, with mange.
Mangy
(by extension) Worn and squalid-looking; bedraggled or decrepit.
We stayed in a really mangy hotel in New York.
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Mangy
Infected with the mange; scabby.
Mangy
Shabby; worn-out; seedy; run-down; squalid; as, a mangy old coat; a mangy tavern.
Mangy
Having many worn or threadbare spots in the nap;
A mangy carpet
A mangy old fur coat
