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1 (adjective) in the sense of tatty

Definition

wearing worn and dirty clothes

His clothes were old and shabby.

Synonyms

tatty (British)

A lot of the houses in the street were very tatty.

worn

an elderly man in well-cut but worn clothes

ragged

I am usually happiest in ragged jeans and a t-shirt.

scruffy

faded

frayed

a shapeless and frayed jumper

worn-out

tattered

He fled wearing a sarong and a tattered shirt.

threadbare

She sat cross-legged on a square of threadbare carpet.

down at heel

the worse for wear

having seen better days

Opposites

smart

neat

well-dressed

handsome

well-to-do

well-kept

in mint condition

new

well-kempt

2 (adjective) in the sense of rundown

Definition

old and worn in appearance

a rather shabby Naples hotel

Synonyms

rundown

a rundown block of flats

tatty

seedy

a seedy hotel

mean

He was raised in the mean streets of the central market district.

neglected

scruffy

a young man, pale, scruffy and untidy

squalid

The migrants have been living in squalid conditions.

ramshackle

a curious ramshackle building

dilapidated

She lived in a dilapidated old cottage.

grotty (informal)

tumbledown

bare hills and dusty tumbledown villages

insalubrious

3 (adjective) in the sense of mean

Definition

behaving in a mean or unfair way

It was hard to know why the man deserved such shabby treatment.

Synonyms

mean

Upstaging the bride was a particularly mean trick.

low

That was a really low trick.

rotten (informal)

You rotten swine!

cheap

That was a cheap trick to play on anyone.

dirty

That was a dirty trick to play.

shameful

It is a shameful state of affairs.

low-down (informal)

They will stoop to every low-down trick.

shoddy

unworthy

At the start of the film, the heroine is betrayed by an unworthy friend.

despicable

He said it was a despicable crime.

contemptible

Her husband is a contemptible little man.

It was an utterly contemptible thing to do.

scurvy (old-fashioned)

It was a scurvy trick to play.

dishonourable

He insisted he had done nothing dishonourable.

ignoble

an ignoble episode from their country's past

ungentlemanly

Opposites

fair

generous

worthy

honourable

praiseworthy

单词	shabby
释义	Trends of shabby View usage for: shabby (ʃæbi) Word forms: comparative shabbier, superlative shabbiest 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] ...a shabbily dressed young man. shabbiness uncountable noun ...the shabbiness of the building. 2. adjective A person who is shabby is wearing old, worn clothes. ...a shabby, tall man with dark eyes. 3. adjective 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. I knew it was shabby of me, but I couldn't help feeling slightly disappointed. [+ of] Synonyms: mean, low, rotten [informal], cheap More Synonyms of shabby shabbily graded adverb I feel I behaved shabbily. More Synonyms of shabby shabby in British English (ˈʃæbɪ) adjectiveWord forms: -bier or -biest 1. threadbare or dilapidated in appearance 2. wearing worn and dirty clothes; seedy 3. mean, despicable, or unworthy shabby treatment 4. dirty or squalid Derived forms shabbily (ˈshabbily) adverb shabbiness (ˈshabbiness) noun Word origin C17: from Old English sceabb scab + -y1 shabby in American English (ˈʃæbi) adjectiveWord forms: ˈshabbier or ˈshabbiest 1. run-down; dilapidated; deteriorated shabby surroundings 2. a. showing much wear; ragged; threadbare said of clothing b. wearing such clothing; seedy 3. beggarly; unworthy a shabby offering 4. disgraceful; shameful shabby treatment of guests Derived forms shabbily (ˈshabbily) adverb shabbiness (ˈshabbiness) noun Word origin < dial. shab, scab, scoundrel < OE sceabb, scab, scale: see scab Examples of 'shabby' in a sentence shabby The building is shabby and there is no money for anything save for emergencies. Times, Sunday Times (2016) On the basis of this match the present looks none too shabby either. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Lily sank with a sigh into one of the shabby leather chairs. Edith Wharton The House of Mirth (1905) Being able to forgive shabby behaviour is a strong move and helps you get on with life. The Sun (2009) Why give tacit approval to the shabby treatment meted out to savers? Times, Sunday Times (2016) He buys his shabby clothes in charity shops. The Sun (2016) Right across your life people realise you will not accept shabby treatment. The Sun (2008) The last one was narrow, and covered with shabby strips of old carpet. Frances Hodgson Burnett A Little Princess (1905) If that is her calculation, it is a shabby one. Times, Sunday Times (2015) It's shabby behaviour and you could just end up losing both. The Sun (2015) Beside it stood a person in shabby clothes with his thumb out, hoping to hitch a ride. Christianity Today (2000) In a life still blighted by his sick, domineering mother he wears his disappointment like a shabby old anorak. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Perhaps something dirty, something shabby. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Osama evidently resented this shabby behaviour, and it was said he could not sleep when he sensed his mother was upset. Times, Sunday Times (2008) I lived there for some time; and was very shabby and dirty. Charles Kingsley The Water Babies (1863) REMEMBER when a bank was a shabby grey building and the only person giving advice was a real bank manager in a stuffy office? The Sun (2011) There's a shabby chic feel, alongside some contemporary touches. Times, Sunday Times (2013) She is not the only one to be scandalised by our Government's shabby treatment ofthe legendary soldiers. The Sun (2009) The insides of the homes are usually a tasteless mess, a bit shabby, with old carpet that smells of dog. Times, Sunday Times (2007) In other languages shabby British English: shabby /ˈʃæbɪ/ ADJECTIVE Shabby things or places look old and in bad condition. His clothes were old and shabby. American English: shabby Arabic: بالٍ Brazilian Portuguese: surrado Chinese: 破旧的 Croatian: otrcan Czech: zanedbaný Danish: luvslidt Dutch: versleten European Spanish: gastado Finnish: nuhruinen French: défraîchi German: schäbig Greek: φθαρμένος Italian: logoro Japanese: みすぼらしい Korean: 초라한 Norwegian: sjasket Polish: wytarty European Portuguese: esfarrapado Romanian: ponosit Russian: убогий Latin American Spanish: gastado Swedish: sjabbig Thai: มองดูเก่า Turkish: eski püskü Ukrainian: поношений Vietnamese: tiều tụy Chinese translation of 'shabby' shabby (ˈʃæbɪ) adj [clothes, place] 破旧(舊)的 (pòjiù de) [person] 衣衫褴(襤)褛(褸)的 (yīshān lánlǚ de) [treatment, behaviour] 不公正的 (bù gōngzhèng de) 1 (adjective) in the sense of tatty Definition wearing worn and dirty clothes His clothes were old and shabby. Synonyms tatty (British) A lot of the houses in the street were very tatty. worn an elderly man in well-cut but worn clothes ragged I am usually happiest in ragged jeans and a t-shirt. scruffy faded frayed a shapeless and frayed jumper worn-out tattered He fled wearing a sarong and a tattered shirt. threadbare She sat cross-legged on a square of threadbare carpet. down at heel the worse for wear having seen better days Opposites smart , neat , well-dressed , handsome , well-to-do , well-kept , in mint condition , new , well-kempt 2 (adjective) in the sense of rundown Definition old and worn in appearance a rather shabby Naples hotel Synonyms rundown a rundown block of flats tatty seedy a seedy hotel mean He was raised in the mean streets of the central market district. neglected scruffy a young man, pale, scruffy and untidy squalid The migrants have been living in squalid conditions. ramshackle a curious ramshackle building dilapidated She lived in a dilapidated old cottage. grotty (informal) tumbledown bare hills and dusty tumbledown villages insalubrious 3 (adjective) in the sense of mean Definition behaving in a mean or unfair way It was hard to know why the man deserved such shabby treatment. Synonyms mean Upstaging the bride was a particularly mean trick. low That was a really low trick. rotten (informal) You rotten swine! cheap That was a cheap trick to play on anyone. dirty That was a dirty trick to play. shameful It is a shameful state of affairs. low-down (informal) They will stoop to every low-down trick. shoddy unworthy At the start of the film, the heroine is betrayed by an unworthy friend. despicable He said it was a despicable crime. contemptible Her husband is a contemptible little man. It was an utterly contemptible thing to do. scurvy (old-fashioned) It was a scurvy trick to play. dishonourable He insisted he had done nothing dishonourable. ignoble an ignoble episode from their country's past ungentlemanly Opposites fair , generous , worthy , honourable , praiseworthy Additional synonyms in the sense of cheap Definition mean or despicable That was a cheap trick to play on anyone. Synonyms despicable, mean, low, base, vulgar, sordid, contemptible, scurvy (old-fashioned), scungy (Australian, New Zealand) in the sense of contemptible Definition deserving to be despised or hated Her husband is a contemptible little man.It was an utterly contemptible thing to do. Synonyms despicable, mean, low, base, cheap (informal), worthless, shameful, shabby, vile, degenerate, low-down (informal), paltry, pitiful, abject, ignominious, measly (informal), scurvy (old-fashioned), detestable, odious in the sense of despicable Definition deserving contempt He said it was a despicable crime. Synonyms contemptible, mean, low, base, cheap (informal), infamous, degrading, worthless, disgraceful, shameful, vile, sordid, pitiful, abject, hateful, reprehensible, ignominious, disreputable, wretched, scurvy (old-fashioned), detestable, scungy (Australian, New Zealand), beyond contempt Synonyms of 'shabby' shabby Explore 'shabby' in the dictionary Additional synonyms in the sense of dilapidated Definition (of a building) having fallen into ruin She lived in a dilapidated old cottage. Synonyms ruined, fallen in, broken-down, battered, neglected, crumbling, rundown, decayed, decaying, falling apart, beat-up (informal), shaky, shabby, worn-out, ramshackle, in ruins, rickety, decrepit, tumbledown, uncared for, gone to rack and ruin in the sense of dirty Definition unfair, dishonest, or unkind That was a dirty trick to play. Synonyms despicable, mean, low, base, cheap (informal), nasty, cowardly, beggarly, worthless, shameful, shabby, vile, sordid, low-down (informal), abject, squalid, ignominious, contemptible, wretched, scurvy (old-fashioned), detestable, scungy (Australian, New Zealand) in the sense of dishonourable He insisted he had done nothing dishonourable. Synonyms shameful, base, corrupt, infamous, disgraceful, treacherous, scandalous, unscrupulous, shameless, despicable, ignominious, disreputable, contemptible, untrustworthy, unprincipled, ignoble, not cricket (informal), discreditable, blackguardly in the sense of frayed a shapeless and frayed jumper Synonyms worn, ragged, worn out, tattered, threadbare, worn thin, out at elbows in the sense of ignoble Definition dishonourable an ignoble episode from their country's past Synonyms dishonourable, low, base, mean, petty, infamous, degraded, craven, disgraceful, shabby, vile, degenerate, abject, unworthy, shameless, despicable, heinous, dastardly (old-fashioned), contemptible, wretched in the sense of low Definition unworthy or contemptible That was a really low trick. Synonyms contemptible, mean, base, nasty, cowardly, degraded, vulgar, vile, sordid, abject, unworthy, despicable, depraved, menial, reprehensible, dastardly (old-fashioned), scurvy (old-fashioned), servile, unprincipled, dishonourable, ignoble in the sense of low-down Definition mean, underhand, and dishonest They will stoop to every low-down trick. Synonyms mean, low, base, cheap (informal), nasty, ugly, despicable, reprehensible, contemptible, underhand, scurvy (old-fashioned) in the sense of ragged Definition (of clothes) tattered and torn I am usually happiest in ragged jeans and a t-shirt. Synonyms tatty (British), worn, poor, torn, rent, faded, neglected, rundown, frayed, shabby, worn-out, seedy, scruffy, in tatters, dilapidated, tattered, threadbare, unkempt, in rags, down at heel, the worse for wear, in holes, having seen better days, scraggy in the sense of ramshackle Definition badly made or cared for a curious ramshackle building Synonyms rickety, broken-down, crumbling, shaky, unsafe, derelict, flimsy, tottering, dilapidated, decrepit, unsteady, tumbledown, jerry-built in the sense of rotten You rotten swine! Synonyms despicable, mean, base, dirty, nasty, unpleasant, filthy, vile, wicked, disagreeable, contemptible, scurrilous, shitty (taboo, slang) Additional synonyms in the sense of scruffy Definition dirty and untidy in appearance a young man, pale, scruffy and untidy Synonyms shabby, untidy, ragged, rundown, messy, sloppy (informal), seedy, squalid, tattered, tatty (British), unkempt, disreputable, scrubby (British, informal), grungy, slovenly, mangy, sluttish, slatternly, ungroomed, frowzy, ill-groomed, draggletailed (archaic), daggy (Australian, New Zealand, informal) in the sense of scurvy Definition deserving contempt It was a scurvy trick to play. Synonyms contemptible, mean, bad, low, base, rotten (informal), sorry, worthless, shabby, vile, low-down (informal), pitiful, abject, despicable, dishonourable, ignoble, scabby (informal) in the sense of seedy Definition shabby in appearance a seedy hotel Synonyms shabby, rundown, scruffy, old, worn, faded, decaying, grubby, dilapidated, tatty (British), unkempt, grotty (slang), crummy (slang), down at heel, slovenly, mangy, manky (Scottish, dialect), scungy (Australian, New Zealand) in the sense of shameful Definition causing or deserving shame It is a shameful state of affairs. Synonyms disgraceful, outrageous, scandalous, mean, low, base, infamous, indecent, degrading, vile, wicked, atrocious, unworthy, reprehensible, ignominious, dastardly (old-fashioned), unbecoming, dishonourable in the sense of squalid Definition dirty, untidy, and in bad condition The migrants have been living in squalid conditions. Synonyms dirty, filthy, seedy, sleazy, sordid, low, nasty, foul, disgusting, rundown, decayed, repulsive, poverty-stricken, unclean, fetid, slovenly, skanky (slang), slummy, yucky or yukky (slang), yucko (Australian, slang), festy (Australian, slang) in the sense of tattered Definition ragged or torn He fled wearing a sarong and a tattered shirt. Synonyms torn, ripped, ragged, frayed, threadbare in the sense of threadbare Definition wearing shabby worn-out clothes She sat cross-legged on a square of threadbare carpet. Synonyms shabby, worn, frayed, old, ragged, worn-out, scruffy, tattered, tatty (British), down at heel in the sense of tumbledown Definition (of a building) falling to pieces bare hills and dusty tumbledown villages Synonyms dilapidated, ruined, crumbling, shaky, disintegrating, tottering, ramshackle, rickety, decrepit, falling to pieces in the sense of unworthy At the start of the film, the heroine is betrayed by an unworthy friend. Synonyms dishonourable, base, contemptible, degrading, disgraceful, shameful, disreputable, ignoble, discreditable in the sense of worn Definition showing signs of long use or wear an elderly man in well-cut but worn clothes Synonyms ragged, shiny, frayed, shabby, tattered, tatty (British), threadbare, the worse for wear
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