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shabby
[shab-ee]
adjective
impaired by wear, use, etc.; worn.
shabby clothes.
showing conspicuous signs of wear or neglect.
The rooms on the upper floors of the mansion had a rather shabby appearance, as if they had not been much in use of late.
wearing worn clothes or having a slovenly or unkempt appearance.
a shabby person.
run-down, seedy, or dilapidated.
a shabby hotel.
meanly ungenerous or unfair; contemptible, as persons, actions, etc..
shabby behavior.
inferior; not up to par in quality, performance, etc..
a shabby rendition of the sonata.
shabby
/ ˈʃæɪ /
adjective
threadbare or dilapidated in appearance
wearing worn and dirty clothes; seedy
mean, despicable, or unworthy
shabby treatment
dirty or squalid
Other 51Թ Forms
- shabbily adverb
- shabbiness noun
- unshabbily adverb
- unshabby adjective
- ˈ adverb
- ˈԱ noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of shabby1
Example Sentences
He criticised the governing body's handling of the case, saying Vaughan "seems to me to have been treated in a shabby way", and her appeal was supported by campaign group the Free Speech Union.
The central coast of California, with its stunning landscapes, is not a shabby place to call home.
Parr added he wanted to contrast "people having a good day out" with the "shabby backdrop".
Slightly shabby and old school, with its wood panelling, trophy cabinets and a carpet that has seen better days, it does a roaring trade with a younger, after-work crowd.
“What the Acropolis was to Ancient Greece during her Golden Age, the new Civic Center now being hewn from the shabby slopes of Bunker Hill will be to Los Angeles,” The Times wrote in 1957.
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