mangled

Questions about mangled

What does mangled mean?

mangled means "having edges that are jagged from injury".

How many syllables are in mangled?

mangled has 2 syllables: man-gled. The stress falls on "man". In IPA it is /ˈmæŋɡəld/.

What is another word for mangled?

Close synonyms include lacerate, lacerated, torn. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mangled a common word?

mangled is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.