'Mangled' definitions:
Definition of 'mangled'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Mangled'
From: GCIDE
- Mangle \Man"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mangled; p. pr. & vb. n. Mangling.] [A frequentative fr. OE. manken to main, AS. mancian, in bemancian to mutilate, fr. L. mancus maimed; perh. akin to G. mangeln to be wanting.]
- 1. To cut or bruise with repeated blows or strokes, making a ragged or torn wound, or covering with wounds; to tear in cutting; to cut in a bungling manner; to lacerate; to mutilate. [1913 Webster]
- Mangled with ghastly wounds through plate and mail. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To mutilate or injure, in making, doing, or performing; as, to mangle a piece of music or a recitation. [1913 Webster]
- To mangle a play or a novel. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'mangled'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aggravated,
- broken,
- burned,
- burst,
- busted,
- butchered,
- castrated,
- checked,
- chipped,
- cleft,
- cloven,
- cracked,
- crazed,
- cut,
- cut short,
- damaged,
- deteriorated,
- docked,
- embittered,
- exacerbated,
- garbled,
- harmed,
- hashed,
- hurt,
- impaired,
- imperfect,
- in bits,
- in pieces,
- in shards,
- in shreds,
- injured,
- irritated,
- lacerate,
- lacerated,
- lopped,
- mutilated,
- quartered,
- ragged,
- rent,
- riven,
- ruptured,
- scalded,
- scorched,
- severed,
- shattered,
- shredded,
- slashed,
- slit,
- smashed,
- splintered,
- split,
- sprung,
- tattered,
- the worse for,
- torn,
- truncated,
- weakened,
- worse,
- worse off,
- worsened