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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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The meaning of SHABBY is clothed with worn or seedy garments. How to use shabby 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.
Synonyms for SHABBY: dilapidated, neglected, scruffy, tatty, tattered, miserable, grungy, dumpy; Antonyms of SHABBY: new, fresh, brand-new, maintained, kept-up, reconstructed, mended, patched.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Definition of shabby adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
