mangled

Thân thiện

The mechanic examined the mangled bicycle wheel after the crash.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Severely damaged or disfigured, especially by crushing or tearing: Describes something that has been so violently twisted, torn, or crushed that its original form is almost unrecognizable. It often implies a rough, jagged, and irregular appearance resulting from injury or force.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • The car was so badly mangled in the accident that it was impossible to identify the make or model.
  • After the explosion, only a few mangled pieces of metal remained.
  • The dog sadly carried the mangled toy, which was now just a lump of torn fabric and stuffing.

Advanced Usage

• Figurative Use: Can be used metaphorically to describe something that has been severely distorted or corrupted.
  • The journalist accused the politician of presenting a mangled version of the truth.
  • His speech was a mangled attempt to translate complex ideas into simple terms.

Variants and Related Words

• Mangle (verb): To severely damage or disfigure by crushing, twisting, or tearing.
  • The industrial press could easily mangle a worker's hand.
• Mangling (noun): The act or process of mangling.

Synonyms

• Mutilated: Injured severely, often by cutting off or damaging a part.
• Maimed: Wounded or injured so that part of the body is permanently damaged.
• Distorted: Pulled or twisted out of shape.
• Messed up (informal): Made untidy or damaged.

Related Phrases

• To be mangled beyond recognition: To be so severely damaged that it is impossible to tell what it originally was.
  • The aircraft's fuselage was mangled beyond recognition.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. having edges that are jagged from injury

Từ đồng nghĩa

• lacerate
• lacerated
• torn