Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to mangle
Participle: mangled
Gerund: mangling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | mangle |
| you | mangle |
| he;she;it | mangles |
| we | mangle |
| you | mangle |
| they | mangle |
Perfect
| I | have mangled |
| you | have mangled |
| he;she;it | has mangled |
| we | have mangled |
| you | have mangled |
| they | have mangled |
Past
| I | mangled |
| you | mangled |
| he;she;it | mangled |
| we | mangled |
| you | mangled |
| they | mangled |
Pluperfect
| I | had mangled |
| you | had mangled |
| he;she;it | had mangled |
| we | had mangled |
| you | had mangled |
| they | had mangled |
Future
| I | will mangle |
| you | will mangle |
| he;she;it | will mangle |
| we | will mangle |
| you | will mangle |
| they | will mangle |
Future Perfect
| I | will have mangled |
| you | will have mangled |
| he;she;it | will have mangled |
| we | will have mangled |
| you | will have mangled |
| they | will have mangled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | mangle |
| you | mangle |
| he;she;it | mangle |
| we | mangle |
| you | mangle |
| they | mangle |
Perfect
| I | have mangled |
| you | have mangled |
| he;she;it | have mangled |
| we | have mangled |
| you | have mangled |
| they | have mangled |
Imperfect
| I | mangled |
| you | mangled |
| he;she;it | mangled |
| we | mangled |
| you | mangled |
| they | mangled |
Pluperfect
| I | had mangled |
| you | had mangled |
| he;she;it | had mangled |
| we | had mangled |
| you | had mangled |
| they | had mangled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would mangle |
| you | would mangle |
| he;she;it | would mangle |
| we | would mangle |
| you | would mangle |
| they | would mangle |
Perfect
| I | would have mangled |
| you | would have mangled |
| he;she;it | would have mangled |
| we | would have mangled |
| you | would have mangled |
| they | would have mangled |
Imperative
| you | mangle |
| we | Let's mangle |
| you | mangle |
Verbs conjugated like 'mangle'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'mangle'
angle,
bangle,
dangle,
fangle,
gangle,
jangle,
mantle,
mingle,
rangle,
tangle,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- mutilate
- maim, disfigure, deface, destroy, mar, ruin, slash, lacerate
Antonyms
- mutilate
- mend, fix, repair, heal
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1400, from Anglo-Fr.
mangler, freq. of O.Fr.
mangoner "cut to pieces," of uncertain origin, perhaps connected with O.Fr.
mahaignier "to maim, mutilate, wound" (see maim). Meaning "to mispronounce (words), garble" is from 1533.
2. From Middle English mangelen, manglen, from Anglo-Norman mangler, mahangler, frequentative of either Old French mangonner (“to cut to pieces”) or mahaigner (“to mutilate”), of Germanic origin, for which see mayhem.
3. Alternate etymology derives mangle from Middle English *mankelen, a frequentative form of manken (“to mutilate”), from Old English *mancian, bemancian (“to maim”). More at mank. See: Middle English '
mangelen'.
Sample Sentences
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mangled with ghastly wounds through plate and mail [1667, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:]
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c. 1703-20, Jonathan Swift, A Letter to a Very Young Lady on Her Marriage
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when they are disposed to mangle a play or a novel