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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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not honourable or fair; unacceptable: She spoke out about the shabby way the case had been handled. The company's treatment of women was shabby.
1. : clothed with worn or seedy garments. a shabby hobo. 2. a. : threadbare and faded from wear. a shabby sofa. b. : ill-kept : dilapidated. a shabby neighborhood. 3. a. : mean, despicable, contemptible. must feel shabby … because of his compromises Nat Hentoff. b. : ungenerous, unfair.
not honorable or fair; unacceptable: She spoke out about the shabby way the case had been handled. The company's treatment of women was shabby.
(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.
Shabby definition: impaired by wear, use, etc.; worn. See examples of SHABBY used in a sentence.
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.
1. adjective. Shabby things or places look old and in bad condition. His clothes were old and shabby. He walked past her into a tiny, shabby room. ...one of the shabbiest and poorest areas of London. Synonyms: tatty [British], worn, ragged, scruffy More Synonyms of shabby. shabbily (ʃæbɪli ) graded adverb [usually ADVERB with verb]
SHABBY definition: 1. untidy and in bad condition: 2. Shabby behaviour or treatment is bad and unfair.. Learn more.
Словосочетания: a shabby [man, boy, person, guy, kid, individual], a teenager in shabby [pants, jeans, clothes], the [pants] are starting to [get, look] shabby, больше... Обсуждения на форуме на тему 'shabby' в заголовках:
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.
