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The synonyms of “Mangled” are: lacerate, lacerated, torn
Mangled as an Adjective
Definitions of "Mangled" as an adjective
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “mangled” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
- Having edges that are jagged from injury.
Synonyms of "Mangled" as an adjective (3 Words)
lacerate | Irregularly slashed and jagged as if torn. Lacerate leaves. |
lacerated | Having edges that are jagged from injury. He suffered a lacerated hand and arm. |
torn | Having edges that are jagged from injury. Torn between love and hate. |
Associations of "Mangled" (30 Words)
blemish | Add a flaw or blemish to make imperfect or defective. His reign as world champion has been blemished by controversy. |
corpse | The dead body of a human being. He believed that fascism would revive the corpse of Europe. |
crumble | A pudding made with crumble and fruit. The easiest way to crumble blue cheese. |
damage | Inflict damage upon. She damaged the car when she hit the tree. |
deface | Mar or spoil the appearance of. He defaced library books. |
deform | Become distorted or misshapen undergo deformation. He was physically deformed by a rare bone disease. |
deformed | (of a person or part of the body) not having the normal or natural shape or form; misshapen. His deformed hands. |
disable | Make unable to perform a certain action. Their choice disables them from pursuing certain avenues. |
disassemble | Translate (a program) from machine code into a higher-level programming language. The piston can be disassembled for transport. |
disfigure | Spoil the appearance of. Litter disfigures the countryside. |
disintegrate | Lose strength or cohesion and gradually fail. Our shoes had to last until they disintegrated on our feet. |
dismember | Cut off the limbs of (a person or animal. The winning powers of World War I set out to dismember the Ottoman Empire. |
dissolve | A gradual transition from one scene to the next; the next scene is gradually superimposed as the former scene fades out. My courage dissolved. |
distort | Affect as in thought or feeling. A grimace distorted her mouth. |
hamstring | Cripple a person or animal by cutting their hamstrings. He pulled a hamstring. |
hurt | Hurt the feelings of. She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests. |
impair | Make worse or less effective. His vision was impaired. |
injure | Hurt the feelings of. He injured his back helping the girl. |
injury | An instance of being injured. All escaped without serious injury. |
lame | Make a person or animal lame. Anyone who doesn t know that is obviously lame. |
maim | Injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation. People were maimed by the explosion. |
mar | A mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something especially on a person s body. Nothing marred her beauty. |
maul | Take part in a maul. During the trial she was mauled by the media. |
mutilate | Destroy or injure severely. Mutilated bodies. |
ruin | Reduce to ruins. The castle was ruined when dynamite was used to demolish one of the corner towers. |
spoil | The act of spoiling something by causing damage to it. He is spoiling for a fight. |
trample | Walk on and flatten. The fence had been trampled down. |
vitiate | Make imperfect. The insurance is vitiated because of foolish acts on the part of the tenant. |
wound | Inflict a wound on. A wound to the thigh. |