manky
/ˈmæŋki/adjective
manky is an adjective meaning “Unpleasantly dirty and disgusting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled M-A-N-K-Y, and it appears about once in every 13 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does manky mean?
adjective
- 1
CommonwealthIrelandUKslangUnpleasantly dirty and disgusting.
- 2
slangBeing or having bad weather.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce manky?
- /ˈmæŋki/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-uk-manky.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of manky
- mankier comparative
- mankiest superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is manky?
Manky appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 107,757th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Manky in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense unpleasantly dirty and disgusting:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | sale, dégoutant, dégueulasse |
| German | ekelig, eklig, widerlich, verdreckt |
| Spanish | asqueroso, repugnante |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does manky come from?
From mank + -y.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).