mangled
adjective
uk/ˈmæŋ.ɡəld/us/ˈmæŋ.ɡəld/destroyedby beingtwistedwithforceortornintopiecesso that theoriginalformiscompletelychanged:
All thatremainsof yesterday'scarcrashis apileof mangledmetal.
(of aspeech,pieceof writing, etc.)spoiledby having manymistakesin it :
He madefunof his own mangledsyntaxandgrammaticalerrors.
- At the city'sbusytraumahospitals,bleeding, mangledbodiesarecommonplace.
- Wholecityblockswereleveled, and therubbleand mangledcarspushedto thesidesof thestreets.
- Abicyclehelmet, and his mangledroadbikelaynear hisbodyat thesceneof theaccident.
- Thenewspaperswould makefunof hisso-calledmangledEnglishbut thepeopleof Chicagolovedit because that's the way most of themspoke.
- Mailoften comesaddressedto abadlymangled firstname, often with a "u"insteadof a "v," which doesn'tevenmakesense, she said.
In bad condition
- battered
- battle-scarred
- be on the skidsidiom
- beatsomeoneup
- blasted
- glitchy
- have seen better daysidiom
- hors de combat
- impaired
- in good, bad, etc. repairidiom
- ruined
- runsomeone/somethingdown
- sad
- scarred
- scuffed
- the worse for wearidiom
- worm-eaten
- worn out
- worse
- worsening
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