Shabby Definition

shăbē
shabbier, shabbiest
adjective
shabbier, shabbiest
Run-down; dilapidated; deteriorated.
Shabby surroundings.
Webster's New World
Showing much wear; ragged; threadbare.
Webster's New World
Wearing such clothing; seedy.
Webster's New World
Beggarly; unworthy.
A shabby offering.
Webster's New World
Disgraceful; shameful.
Shabby treatment of guests.
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Other Word Forms of Shabby

Adjective

Base Form:
shabby
Comparative:
shabbier
Superlative:
shabbiest

Origin of Shabby

  • From shab (“scab") +"Ž -y, or directly from an alteration of scabby. Cognate with Scots shabby (“in poor health, ill"), Dutch schabbig (“poor, needy, shabby"), Middle Low German schabbich (“miserable"), German schäbig (“shabby"), Swedish skabbig (“scabby"), Swedish sjabbig (“shabby, mangy, scruffy").

    From Wiktionary

  • From obsolete shab scab from Middle English schab from Old English sceabb

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Shabby Sentence Examples

  • Twelve dollars later I was let off at a shabby red brick building in a section of town where no tour busses stop.

  • Being frequently under the necessity of wearing shabby coats and dirty shirts, he became a confirmed sloven.

  • Oh the walls are looking a bit shabby, i'll paint them pink... .

  • You may find that customer service is shabby.

  • The buildings of the town are sombre, shabby and low, but built of stone; and the streets, though wide and shaded by acacias, are mostly unpaved.

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