Mangle

//ˈmæŋ.ɡəl//

Synonyms for "mangle" (72 found)

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Closest matches (15)

maul mutilate batter botch buffer bung up butcher calender contort cripple crumple crush cut

Noun(1 words)

mangrove

Verb(1 words)

cut up

Strong matches (21)

damage deface defoliate deform denude destroy disable disfigure dismember distort draw and quarter flay garble hack hash hot-press hurt impair injure iron

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lacerate

Related words (36)

maim manhandle mar mishandle misrepresent peel pick to pieces press pull apart rend rip roll roller rout ruin sander shred skin slaughter smooth

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smoother spoil strip take apart tear tear apart tear to pieces tear to tatters torture wreck

Noun(2 words)

mangler wringer

Verb(4 words)

maul muddy murder mutilate

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

8 relation types

More general

13 entries

blemish clothes drier clothes dryer damage deface disfigure distort falsify garble iron iron out press warp

Synonyms

2 entries

maul mutilate

derived

8 entries

bemangle mangleman manglement manglingly mingle-mangle mismangle put through the mangle unmangle

etymologically related_to

2 entries

mangonel mank

has context

1 entries

computing

is a

1 entries

clothes dryer

manner of

2 entries

falsify iron

related to

16 entries

change compiler cutting disfigure identifier internal laundry mangrove mutilate rearranging roller source code tearing unique wring wringer

Translations

70 translations across 19 languages.

Ancient Greek

1 entries

κνᾰ́πτω verb (to change, mutilate or disfigure)

Bulgarian

3 entries

преса noun (a hand-operated device with rollers for wringing laundry)
обезобразя́ verb (to change, mutilate or disfigure)
обезобразя́вам verb (to change, mutilate or disfigure)

Czech

4 entries

mandl noun (a hand-operated device with rollers for wringing laundry)
mandlovat verb (to wring laundry)
mrzačit verb (to change, mutilate or disfigure)
ždímat verb (to wring laundry)

Dutch

4 entries

mangel noun (a hand-operated device with rollers for wringing laundry)
wringer noun (a hand-operated device with rollers for wringing laundry)
door de mangel halen verb (to change, mutilate or disfigure)
mangelen verb (to change, mutilate or disfigure)

Finnish

4 entries

mankeli noun (a hand-operated device with rollers for wringing laundry)
mankeloida verb (to wring laundry)
murjoa verb (to change, mutilate or disfigure)
ruhjoa verb (to change, mutilate or disfigure)

French

3 entries

essoreuse noun (a hand-operated device with rollers for wringing laundry)
essorer verb (to wring laundry)
mutiler verb (to change, mutilate or disfigure)

German

4 entries

Mangel noun (a hand-operated device with rollers for wringing laundry)
Rollmangel noun (a hand-operated device with rollers for wringing laundry)
Wäschemangel noun (a hand-operated device with rollers for wringing laundry)
auswringen verb (to wring laundry)

Hungarian

2 entries

mángorló noun (a hand-operated device with rollers for wringing laundry)
mángorol verb (to wring laundry)

Italian

4 entries

mangano noun (a hand-operated device with rollers for wringing laundry)
dilaniare verb (to change, mutilate or disfigure)
maciullare verb (to change, mutilate or disfigure)
storpiare verb (to change, mutilate or disfigure)

Latin

1 entries

discerpō verb (to change, mutilate or disfigure)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

منكنه noun (a hand-operated device with rollers for wringing laundry)

Polish

4 entries

magiel noun (a hand-operated device with rollers for wringing laundry)
maglownica noun (a hand-operated device with rollers for wringing laundry)
maglować verb (to wring laundry)
zmaglować verb (to wring laundry)

Portuguese

3 entries

desfigurar verb (to change, mutilate or disfigure)
mudar verb (to change, mutilate or disfigure)
mutilar verb (to change, mutilate or disfigure)

Romanian

4 entries

mangăl noun (a hand-operated device with rollers for wringing laundry)
desfigura verb (to change, mutilate or disfigure)
mangălui verb (to wring laundry)
mutila verb (to change, mutilate or disfigure)

Russian

4 entries

като́к noun (a hand-operated device with rollers for wringing laundry)
выжима́ть verb (to wring laundry)
искажа́ть verb (to change, mutilate or disfigure)
кале́чить verb (to change, mutilate or disfigure)

Spanish

4 entries

calandria noun (a hand-operated device with rollers for wringing laundry)
afear verb (to change, mutilate or disfigure)
chambonear verb (to change, mutilate or disfigure)
desfigurar verb (to change, mutilate or disfigure)

Swedish

3 entries

mangel noun (a hand-operated device with rollers for wringing laundry)
mangla verb (to change, mutilate or disfigure)
mangla verb (to wring laundry)

Turkish

1 entries

mengene noun (a hand-operated device with rollers for wringing laundry)

Ukrainian

1 entries

кото́к noun (a hand-operated device with rollers for wringing laundry)

Sample sentences

5 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Christianity is not the answer, and it has even managed to mangle the question.

Source: tatoeba (10295889)

How did Tom mangle his hand?

Source: tatoeba (12208506)

mangled with ghastly wounds through plate and mail

Source: wiktionary

c. 1703-20, Jonathan Swift, A Letter to a Very Young Lady on Her Marriage when they are disposed to mangle a play or a novel

Source: wiktionary

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