MANGLED Synonyms: 102 Similar and Opposite Words

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Definition of mangled

as in mutilated

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verb

past tense of mangle

as in fumbled

to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way you've mangled this so badly that we'll have to do it over

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Adjective

The nose of the aircraft appeared torn off, leaving mangled parts of the front of the plane dangling toward the ground. — Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 24 Mar. 2026 After midnight, one evening in late January, a doctor ushered a young man with a mangled hand into her car and sped to a private clinic on the outskirts of Tehran. — Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 11 Feb. 2026

Verb

Trees along the property were mangled. — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 27 Apr. 2026 The 49ers Hall of Fame safety had his pinkie mangled on a tackle during a game in 1985, and played with a splint before having the digit amputated after the season. — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 13 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for mangled

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Adjective

Pull some treats from the open coffin at Scotto Funeral Home, on the corner of Court Street and 2nd Place, then head to President near Hoyt to gawk at bloodstained windows and mutilated dolls.

— Fiorella Valdesolo, Curbed, 21 Oct. 2026
Ken Russell’s The Devils originally came out in 1971 in a mutilated version, and nobody quite knew what to do with it at the time.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of mutilated

Verb

Carr fumbled while trying to spike the ball, and Isaiah Glasker pounced on it to help the Cougars maintain a two-score lead going into the locker room.

— John Coon, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
Then, with Georgia a first down away from a game-winning field-goal attempt, Stockton fumbled the ball.

— Connor Riley, AJC.com, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of fumbled

Adjective

Rypkema said the region could look to San Antonio’s Under 1 Roof program, which provides low- to moderate-income homeowners with one-time grants of up to $19,000 to fix worn or damaged roofs.

— Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
There are some health concerns related to PTFE coatings when misused, damaged or excessively heated.

— BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of damaged

Verb

After losing consecutive non-road games by three points both times, on Saturday night UT blew a 24-3 halftime lead to turn it a fourth-quarter tie.

— Mac Engel October 25, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Oct. 2026
Then the Ravens blew a double-digit second-half lead for the second straight week and 10th time since the start of the 2022 season.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of blew

Verb

Then, in 1863, a collection of Missouri Confederate Bushwhackers led by William Quantrill rode into Lawrence and butchered 150 men and boys.

— Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Cut marks and scrapes made by flint knives at consistent locations on the bones indicate local humans butchered many of them for meals.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of butchered

Verb

The 53,800-square-foot building, dubbed Le Large, is the passion project of Laurent Dumas, founder and president of the Emerige real estate group and its philanthropic arm, the Emerige Endowment Fund.

— Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2026
Linvill and several other research groups attributed them to Russian operators the research community has dubbed Storm-1516.

— Shannon Bond, NPR, 24 Oct. 2026

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