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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
Derived Forms
- ˈ, adverb
- ˈԱ, noun
Other yvlog Forms
- b· adverb
- b·Ա noun
- un·b· adverb
- ܲ·b adjective
yvlog History and Origins
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of shabby1
Example Sentences
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.
While there was plenty of crime to be found in the city’s most polished neighborhoods, Marlowe’s shabby Hollywood office was the home to honesty and integrity.
No longer able to afford their apartment, she has been renting a shabby, leaking room from a strict landlady.
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