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Meaning of "maungy" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MAUNGY

Variant of mangy, in extended sense: restless, dissatisfied.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MAUNGY

maungy  [ˈmɔːndʒɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MAUNGY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Maungy is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES MAUNGY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of maungy in the English dictionary

The definition of maungy in the dictionary is sulky, bad-tempered, or peevish.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MAUNGY


basenji
bəˈsɛndʒɪ
dingy
ˈdɪndʒɪ
fringy
ˈfrɪndʒɪ
grungy
ˈɡrʌndʒɪ
gungy
ˈɡʌndʒɪ
Gurindji
ɡʊˈrɪndʒɪ
kanji
ˈkændʒɪ
loungy
ˈlaʊndʒɪ
lozengy
ˈlɒzɪndʒɪ
mangey
ˈmeɪndʒɪ
mangy
ˈmeɪndʒɪ
mingy
ˈmɪndʒɪ
orangey
ˈɒrɪndʒɪ
orangy
ˈɒrɪndʒɪ
punji
ˈpʌndʒɪ
rangy
ˈreɪndʒɪ
scroungy
ˈskraʊndʒɪ
scungy
ˈskʌndʒɪ
spongy
ˈspʌndʒɪ
stingy
ˈstɪndʒɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MAUNGY

maun
Mauna Kea
Mauna Loa
maund
maunder
maunderer
maundering
maundies
maundy
Maundy money
Maundy Thursday
maungier
maungiest
maunna
Maupassant
Maupertuis
Maupertuis principle
Mauretania
Mauretanian
mauri

WORDS THAT END LIKE MAUNGY

bungy
clingy
dungy
lingy
pongy
puddingy
singsongy
slangy
springy
stringy
swingy
tangy
thingy
twangy
wingy
zingy

Synonyms and antonyms of maungy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «maungy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MAUNGY

Find out the translation of maungy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of maungy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «maungy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

maungy
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

maungy
570 millions of speakers

English

maungy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

maungy
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

maungy
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

maungy
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

maungy
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

maungy
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

maungy
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Maungy
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

maungy
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

maungy
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

maungy
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Maungy
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

maungy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

maungy
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मेहंगी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

maungy
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

maungy
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

maungy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

maungy
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

maungy
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

maungy
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

maungy
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

maungy
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

maungy
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of maungy

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MAUNGY»

The term «maungy» is barely ever used and occupies the 208.222 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MAUNGY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «maungy» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «maungy» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about maungy

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MAUNGY»

Discover the use of maungy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to maungy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Asiatic researches or transactions of the Society instituted ...
The internal government of the hills, or the connection between the Maungy and his Dungarear (adherents) is. a simple engagement for mutual protection. The Maungy swears to do them justice in disputes among themselves, and not to suffer ...
Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1799
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Asiatick Researches: Or, Transactions of the Society ...
The internal government of the hills, or the connection between the Maungy and his Dungarear (adherents) is a simple engagement for mutual protection : the Maungy swears to do them justice in disputes among themselves, and not to suffer ...
‎1798
3
Asiatick Researches, Or, Transactions of the Society ...
The internal government of the hills, or the connection between the Maungy and his Duvgarear (adherents) is a simple engagement for mutual protection. The Maungy swears to do them justice in disputes among themselves, and not to suffer ...
‎1979
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Asiatic Researches: Or, Transactions of the Society ...
The internal government of the hills, or the connection between the Maungy and his Dungarear (adherents) is a simple engagement for mutual protection : the Maungy swears to do them justice in disputes among themselves, and not to suffer ...
Asiatick Society (Calcutta, India), 1798
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Asiatic researches; or, Transactions of the Society, ...
do them justice : a failure on either part dissolves the contract ; in fine, the Maungy is no more than a primus inter pares. The Dungarear apply to him for land, to cultivate, and he allots it: when the crops are ripe, the Ciitwal and Phojedar, on the ...
Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1807
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Asiatick Researches; Or, Transactions
do them justice : a failure on either part dissolves the contract : in fine, the Maungy is no more than a primus inter pares. The Dungarear apply to him for land to cultivate, and he allots it: when the crops are ripe, the Cittwal and Phojedar, on the ...
Asiatic Society (Calcutta, India), 1807
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The Monthly review. New and improved ser
The celebration of it so seldom is, probably, from its being very expensive to the Maungy, who bears the charge. It is not every village that has a Chalnad, though he is considered as the God that presides over the welfare of villages ; but, like ...
‎1799
8
The Monthly Review
As a specimen of his priestly functions, we select the following passages : ' The £ 7£//flr«j-festival is held but once in three years. The celebration of it so seldom is, probably, from its being very expensive to the Maungy, who bears the charge.
Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths, 1799
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The Fortnightly Review
But Dicky persisted, until he was told that in the Lincolnshire country, where she came from, maungy meant stingy. He had gathered that from the first, but the very sight of Fanny aroused in him a cheerful desire to make her laugh, as make her ...
‎1914
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The Fortnightly
But Dicky persisted, until he was told that in the Lincolnshire country, where she came from, maungy meant stingy. He had gathered that from the first, but the very sight of Fanny aroused in him a cheerful desire to make her laugh, to make her ...
‎1914

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MAUNGY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term maungy is used in the context of the following news items.
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Head to head with an unlikely TV star
... stress and allergies sent his body haywire; who didn't love Mrs Marsden as she hugged pupils or told them to “stop being a maungy bugger”? «Yorkshire Post, Oct 13»
2
Britain's regional dialects: Do you know the local lingo?
Would you know whether you've got pockets full of slummy, are feeling maungy or just a bit droothy? If not, you aren't alone. When it comes to ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 13»
3
Brilliant monsoon makeup ideas
And you get maungy thinking about how to dress up in the dripping weather, and if it'll smudge your makeup. Getting your makeup to stay is a ... «Times of India, Jun 10»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Maungy [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/maungy>. May 2024 ».
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