Multipurpose verb and noun from Northern and Midlands British English, meaning sulky, unco-operative, a crybaby
" Used throughout the East Midlands and some parts of Yorkshire, particularly in Hull and Sheffield. Maungy has the same meaning in most other parts of Yorkshire and east Lancashire, i.e. "he has a maunge on". "
—Wiktionary
Pronunciation: It's well known that the bulk of England is non-rhotic, so the 'R" i not pronounced. In addition, the "y" is usually short, as in get, so (in Notttingham) it's mah-dè.
For once, Urban Dictionary has one of the best definitions of this wonderfully useful word: "Grumpy. Surly. Like a moaning child who doesn't get his way", and it had the additional meaning of being a cry-baby. . I grew up in North Nottinghamshire at the southern end of
…