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shab·by
 shabby
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- pronunciation:
- shae
bi
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
shabbier, shabbiest |
| definition 1: |
showing signs of wear.
She wore a shabby coat.We hope to move out of our shabby apartment.- synonyms:
- crummy, dingy, frayed, worn
- antonyms:
- new
- similar words:
- bedraggled, dilapidated, ragged, run-down
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| definition 2: |
of poor quality.
The painters did a shabby job.- synonyms:
- base, cheap, mean, poor, sloppy
- antonyms:
- good, quality, superior
- similar words:
- careless, imperfect, inferior, low, secondary, slipshod, sorry
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| definition 3: |
mean or selfish for no good reason; unfair.
There is no excuse for his shabby behavior.- synonyms:
- wretched
- antonyms:
- honorable
- similar words:
- base, coarse, crummy, miserable, sorry, unfair
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| related words: |
dingy, flimsy, lousy, petty |
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| derivations: |
shabbily (adv.), shabbiness (n.) |
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