shabby
11shabby — adjective (shabbier; est) Etymology: obsolete English shab a low fellow Date: 1669 1. clothed with worn or seedy garments < a shabby hobo > 2. a. threadbare and faded from wear < a shabby sofa > b. ill kept …
12shabby — shabbily, adv. shabbiness, n. /shab ee/, adj., shabbier, shabbiest. 1. impaired by wear, use, etc.; worn: shabby clothes. 2. showing conspicuous signs of wear or neglect: The rooms on the upper floors of the mansion had a rather shabby appearance …
13shabby — shab|by [ˈʃæbi] adj [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: shab scab, worthless man (11 19 centuries), from Old English sceabb scab ] 1.) shabby clothes, places, or objects are untidy and in bad condition because they have been used for a long time ▪ Hugh s… …
14shabby — adjective 1 untidy and in a bad condition from being used for a long time: a shabby suit | shabby hotel rooms 2 wearing clothes that are old and worn: a shabby tramp 3 unfair and unkind: That s a shabby way to treat someone. | a shabby trick… …
15shabby — adjective 1) a shabby little bar Syn: run down, down at heel, down at the heel(s), scruffy, dilapidated, ramshackle, tumbledown; seedy, slummy, insalubrious, squalid, sordid, flea bitten; informal crummy, scuzzy, raggedy ass …
16shabby — adjective 1) a shabby little bar Syn: run down, scruffy, dilapidated, squalid, sordid; informal crummy; Brit.; informal grotty; N.Amer.; informal shacky 2) a shabby grey coat Syn …
17shabby — /ˈʃæbi / (say shabee) adjective (shabbier, shabbiest) 1. having the appearance impaired by wear, use, etc.: shabby clothes. 2. wearing worn clothes; seedy. 3. making a poor appearance. 4. meanly ungenerous or unfair; contemptible, as persons,… …
18shabby — adjective /ˈʃæb.i/ a) Torn or worn; poor; mean; ragged. They lived in a tiny apartment, with some old, shabby furniture. b) Clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments. The fellow arrived looking rather shabby after journeying so far …
19shabby — [ˈʃæbi] adj 1) old and in bad condition shabby clothes/furniture/buildings[/ex] 2) not fair or honest the government s shabby treatment of trade unions[/ex] shabbily adv …
20shabby — adj. Shabby is used with these nouns: ↑apartment, ↑clothes, ↑flat, ↑house, ↑room, ↑treatment …
