manginess

mang·y  (mnj)

adj. mang·i·er, mang·i·est

1. Affected with, caused by, or resembling mange.

2. Having many worn spots; shabby: a mangy old fur coat.

3. Rundown and filthy; squalid: mangy tenements.

4. Mean; contemptible.

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mangi·ly adv.

mangi·ness n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

manginess - a lack of elegance as a consequence of wearing threadbare or dirty clothing seediness, shabbiness, sleaziness inelegance - the quality of lacking refinement and good taste raggedness - shabbiness by virtue of being in rags