Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb mangle
4 senses of mangle
Sense 1
mangle -- (press with a mangle; "mangle the sheets")
=> iron, iron out, press -- (press and smooth with a heated iron; "press your shirts"; "she stood there ironing")
Sense 2
maul, mangle -- (injure badly by beating)
=> deface, disfigure, blemish -- (mar or spoil the appearance of; "scars defaced her cheeks"; "The vandals disfigured the statue")
Sense 3
mangle, mutilate, murder -- (alter so as to make unrecognizable; "The tourists murdered the French language")
=> falsify, distort, garble, warp -- (make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story)
Sense 4
mutilate, mangle, cut up -- (destroy or injure severely; "The madman mutilates art work")
=> damage -- (inflict damage upon; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree")
Antonyms of adj mangled
1 sense of mangled
Sense 1
lacerate, lacerated, mangled, torn -- (having edges that are jagged from injury)
INDIRECT (VIA injured) -> uninjured -- (not injured physically or mentally)
Similarity of adj mangled
1 sense of mangled
Sense 1
lacerate, lacerated, mangled, torn -- (having edges that are jagged from injury)
=> injured (vs. uninjured) -- (harmed; "injured soldiers"; "injured feelings")