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1. (adj.) shabby
showing signs of wear or long use; worn.
2. shabby
wearing worn clothes or having a slovenly appearance.
3. shabby
run-down; dilapidated.
4. shabby
meanly ungenerous or unfair; contemptible:
shabby behavior.
5. shabby
inferior; second-rate.
Etymology: (1660–70; shabscab (ME; OE sceabb))
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| Definition of 'shabby' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) moth-eaten, ratty, shabby, tatty
showing signs of wear and tear
"a ratty old overcoat"; "shabby furniture"; "an old house with dirty windows and tatty curtains"
2. (adj) shabby
mean and unworthy and despicable
"shabby treatment"
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1. (adjective) shabby
old and worn
a man wearing shabby clothes
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| Definition of 'shabby' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) shabby
torn or worn to rage; poor; mean; ragged
2. (noun) shabby
clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments
3. (noun) shabby
mean; paltry; despicable; as, shabby treatment
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Sense: looking old and worn
shabby curtains; shabby clothes.
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 Afrikaans: slordig |
 Arabic: رَث، بالٍ |
 Bulgarian: износен |
 Brazilian: surrado |
 Czech: chatrný |
 German: schäbig |
 Danish: luvslidt |
 Greek: παλιός, φθαρμένος |
 Spanish: gastado, raído, desarrapa |
 Estonian: närune |
 Farsi: كهنه؛ژنده |
 Finnish: nuhruinen |
 French: usé |
 Hebrew: בָּלוּי |
 Hindi: फटा-पुराना |
 Croatian: otrcan, bijedan |
 Hungarian: kopott |
 Indonesian: usang |
 Icelandic: snjáður, þvældur |
 Italian: logoro |
 Japanese: みすぼらしい |
 Korean: 낡은 |
 Lithuanian: apšepęs, nuskuręs |
 Latvian: apvalkāts; noplucis |
 Malay: buruk |
 Dutch: sjofel |
 Norwegian: loslitt, medtatt |
 Polish: nędzny, wytarty |
 Persian: كهنه؛ژنده |
 Pashto: زاړه (لكه كالي): توى شوى: |
 Portuguese: surrado |
 Romanian: uzat |
 Russian: потёртый, ветхий |
 Slovak: obnosený, ošúchaný, chatr |
 Slovenian: ponošen, oguljen |
 Serbian: otrcan |
 Swedish: sjabbig, sjaskig |
 Thai: โกโรโกโส |
 Turkish: eski püskü |
 Taiwanese: 破舊的 |
 Ukrainian: ношений; потертий |
 Urdu: پرانا اور گھسا پٹا |
 Vietnamese: mòn, sờn, hư hỏng |
 Chinese: 破旧的 |
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