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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; threadbare; run-down.
a shabby coata shabby building- synonyms:
- beat-up, crummy, dingy, frayed, mangy, seedy, worn
- antonyms:
- new
- similar words:
- bedraggled, dilapidated, disreputable, dowdy, grungy, ragged, ratty, run-down, squalid, threadbare, woebegone, woeful
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| definition 2: |
seedily dressed; having an uncared-for appearance.
a shabby old drunkard- synonyms:
- frowzy, ragged, scraggly, scruffy, seedy, unkempt
- antonyms:
- elegant, neat, spruce, well-groomed
- similar words:
- bedraggled, beggarly, blowzy, disheveled, disreputable, dowdy, grubby, grungy, mangy, slovenly, threadbare
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| definition 3: |
of poor quality; inferior.
They did a shabby job.- synonyms:
- base, cheap, mean, poor, ragged, shoddy, sloppy, wretched
- antonyms:
- elegant, good, quality, superior
- similar words:
- careless, coarse, imperfect, inferior, low, mediocre, secondary, slipshod, sorry, substandard, woeful
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| definition 4: |
hurtful or ungenerous for no just cause; unfair; despicable.
shabby conduct- synonyms:
- contemptible, despicable, grubby, low, mean, shoddy, wretched
- antonyms:
- decent, honorable
- similar words:
- base, coarse, crummy, disgraceful, hurtful, ignoble, ignominious, miserable, opprobrious, sorry, unfair, ungenerous
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| related words: |
cheap, contemptible, dingy, flimsy, lousy, petty, sordid, tacky, vile, wretched |
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| derivations: |
shabbily (adv.), shabbiness (n.) |
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