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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 |
adverb + (adj.)shabby
bit, downright, little, pretty, rather, slightly, too
(adj.)shabby
+ adverb
behind, either
(adj.)shabby
+ noun
antique,
apartment,
appearance,
armchair,
barn,
brick,
building,
cabin,
carpet,
chair,
chic,
clinic,
cloth,
clothes,
clothing,
coat,
comfort,
cottage,
couch,
curtain,
desk,
farmhouse,
finery,
founder,
frock,
furniture,
garage,
hat,
hotel,
house,
hut,
jacket,
jeans,
lean-to,
leather,
motel,
neighborhood,
office,
outfit,
overcoat,
paint,
quarter,
rag,
room,
routine,
rug,
shack,
shirt,
shoe,
shop,
sleeve,
sofa,
store,
storefront,
suit,
sweater,
town,
trailer,
treatment,
trick
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| derivations: |
shabbily (adv.), shabbiness (n.) |
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