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- Dictionaryshabby/ˈʃabi/
adjective
- 1. in poor condition through long use or lack of care: "a conscript in a shabby uniform saluted the car" Similar Opposite
- 2. (of behaviour) mean and unfair: "Snooping, was he? That's a shabby trick" Similar Opposite
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looking old and in bad condition because of being used for a long time or not being cared for: He wore a shabby old overcoat. Her home is a rented one-bedroom apartment in a shabby part of town. The refugees were shabby (= wore old clothes in bad condition) and hungry. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. In bad condition. battered.
The meaning of SHABBY is clothed with worn or seedy garments. How to use shabby in a sentence.
Shabby definition: impaired by wear, use, etc.; worn. See examples of SHABBY used in a sentence.
1. a. Showing signs of wear and tear; threadbare or worn-out: shabby furniture. b. Dilapidated or deteriorated in condition, especially through neglect; seedy: a shabby little park. 2. Wearing threadbare clothing. 3. a. Despicable; mean: a shabby trick. b. Not generous or just; unfair: shabby treatment. c. Of mediocre or substandard quality.
The adjective shabby describes something that is threadbare or worn out. Your last apartment was clean, but the furniture and carpets were so shabby that you were embarrassed to invite your friends over. The adjective shabby also describes a manner of acting that is mean or contemptible.
(of a person) badly dressed in clothes that have been worn a lot synonym scruffy. The man was shabby and unkempt. I suddenly felt rather shabby and uncomfortable. (of behaviour) unfair or unreasonable synonym shoddy. She tried to make up for her shabby treatment of him. a shabby affair. It was a shabby way to treat visitors.
If you describe someone's behaviour as shabby, you think they behave in an unfair or unacceptable way. [ disapproval ] It was hard to say why the man deserved such shabby treatment.
