mangled

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb press with a mangle
  2. verb injure badly by beating
  3. verb alter so as to make unrecognizable

Etymology

From mangle + -ed.

Synonyms

mangle

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