mangy

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

mangy
    adj 1: having many worn or threadbare spots in the nap; "a mangy
           carpet"; "a mangy old fur coat" [syn: {mangy}, {mangey}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

mangy \man"gy\, a. [Compar. {mangier}; superl. {mangiest}.] [F.
   mang['e], p. p. of manger to eat. See {Manger}.]
   1. Infected with the mange; scabby.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Shabby; worn-out; seedy; run-down; squalid; as, a mangy
      old coat; a mangy tavern.
      [PJC]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

30 Moby Thesaurus words for "mangy":
      abject, base, contemptible, decrepit, despicable, dingy, dirty,
      disreputable, down-at-heel, filthy, ignominious, low, mean,
      miserable, moth-eaten, nasty, odious, poor, repulsive, scruffy,
      scurvy, seedy, shabby, sleazy, slovenly, sorry, squalid, tattered,
      unkempt, wretched

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