shabby

adj., -bi·er, -bi·est.

1. 1. Showing signs of wear and tear; threadbare or worn-out: shabby furniture.
   2. Dilapidated or deteriorated in condition, especially through neglect; seedy: a shabby little park.
2. Wearing threadbare clothing.
3. 1. Despicable; mean: a shabby trick.
   2. Not generous or just; unfair: shabby treatment.
   3. Of mediocre or substandard quality: a shabby performance.

[From obsolete shab, scab, from Middle English schab, from Old English sceabb.]

shabbily shab'bi·ly adv.
shabbiness shab'bi·ness n.

adjective

1. Showing signs of wear and tear or neglect: bedraggled, broken-down, decaying, decrepit, dilapidated, dingy, down-at-heel, faded, mangy, rundown, scrubby, scruffy, seedy, shoddy, sleazy, tattered, tatty, threadbare. Informal tacky². Slang ratty. Idioms: all the worse for wear, gone topotseed, pastcurehope. See better/worse.
2. So objectionable as to elicit despisal or deserve condemnation: abhorrent, abominable, antipathetic, contemptible, despicable, despisable, detestable, disgusting, filthy, foul, infamous, loathsome, lousy, low, mean², nasty, nefarious, obnoxious, odious, repugnant, rotten, vile, wretched. See good/bad.
3. Of low or lower quality: common, inferior, low-grade, low-quality, mean², mediocre, second-class, second-rate, substandard. See better/worse.

adj

Definition: broken-down; in poor shape
Antonyms: decent, good, in good condition, nice

adj

Definition: despicable
Antonyms: decent, honorable, respectable

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IN BRIEF: Worn, showing signs of wear.

The shabby rug showed both its age and lack of care.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - lurvet, luvslidt, tarvelig, forhutlet, nedslidt

Nederlands (Dutch)
sjofel, armoedig, versleten

Français (French)
adj. - habillé de façon miteuse, miteux, mesquin

Deutsch (German)
adj. - schäbig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - φθαρμένος, κουρελιάρικος, κακής ποιότητας, αξιοκαταφρόνητος

Italiano (Italian)
cencioso, logoro

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - miserável, mesquinho

Русский (Russian)
поношенный, обносившийся, убогий, несправедливый, неубедительный, бесчестный, скупой

Español (Spanish)
adj. - andrajoso, harapiento, raído, desgastado

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - sjabbig, sjaskig, ruskig, sluskig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
破烂的, 邋遢的, 肮脏的, 破旧的, 破落的, 破败的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 破爛的, 邋遢的, 肮髒的, 破舊的, 破落的, 破敗的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 초라한, (옷 등이) 닳아 해진, 낡아 빠진

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - ぼろぼろの, 見すぼらしい, つまらない, けちな, 卑しい

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) رث, بال, خسيس, جائر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מרופט, בלוי, קרוע, לבוש בלואים, דל, עלוב, לא-הוגן‬

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