manky

English

Etymology

From mank +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmæŋki/
• Rhymes: -æŋki

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Adjective

manky (comparative mankier, superlative mankiest)

1. (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) Unpleasantly dirty and disgusting.
   • 2005, Justin Peter Beaney, Kasdeja's Children:

     "He don't want those," his father said, holding a bag of apples at the end of an outstretched arm as if they were a danger to his health, "they're all... manky."

   • 2010, Marian Keyes, The Brightest Star in the Sky:

     "Speaking of which—" Fionn starts foostering in the pocket of his manky old jacket—"I've probably got something for you."

   • 2016 December 3, Millie B (lyrics and music), “Soph Aspin Send”, performed by Millie B:

     I bet your fanny's fucking minging / Sort out your manky Scouse brow

2. (Antarctica, slang) Being or having bad weather.

   Synonym: mank

   Antonym: dingle

   • 2007, The Spectator, volume 305, numbers 9342-9350, page 44:

     On that occasion, we left Punta Arenas blue-eyed shags beat their way across the icy waves; when you glimpse at close quarters as I did one manky morning in the Lemaire Channel the blurred shape of a humpback whale […]

Derived terms

• mankily
• mankiness
• manky mallard

 

Translations

unpleasantly dirty and disgusting

• Finnish: paskainen (fi)
• French: sale (fr), dégoutant (fr), dégueulasse (fr)
• German: ekelig (de), eklig (de), widerlich (de), verdreckt (de)
• Japanese: 不快な (ふかいな, fukaina), 汚れた (よごれた, yogoreta), むかつく (ja) (mukatsuku)
• Spanish: asqueroso (es), repugnante (es)