manginess

Definitions of manginess
  1. noun
    a lack of elegance as a consequence of wearing threadbare or dirty clothing
    synonyms: seediness, shabbiness, sleaziness
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    types:
    raggedness
    shabbiness by virtue of being in rags
    type of:
    inelegance
    the quality of lacking refinement and good taste
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