Home › Words › B › bemanglebemanglebemangle means to mangle; to tear asunder.EtymologyFrom be- + mangle.verbTo mangle; to tear asunder.e.g.“To his bemangled shape of horror” — 1648, Joseph Beaumont, “(please specify the canto number)”, in Psyche: Or Loves Mysterie, […], London: […] John Dawson for George Boddington, […], →OCLC:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.manglingly 73% match — So as to mangle something. vs bemangle →mangling 71% match — An act in which something is mangled vs bemangle →bemaul 67% match — To maul thoroughly or completely. vs bemangle →embrangle 65% match — To embroil. vs bemangle →bemar 64% match — To mar about or all over; injure seriously. vs bemangle →misguggle 64% match — To spoil by rough or careless handling; handle roughly; rumple; crumple; maul; mangle or disfigure; mar; spoil; bungle. vs bemangle →bemingle 63% match — To mingle; mix. vs bemangle →mank 63% match — To mutilate. vs bemangle →