The meaning of SHABBY is clothed with worn or seedy garments. How to use shabby in a sentence.
The adjective shabby describes something that is threadbare or worn out. Your last apartment was clean, but the furniture and carpets were so shabby that you were embarrassed to invite your friends over.
SHABBY definition: 1. looking old and in bad condition because of being used for a long time or not being cared for…. Learn more.
- showing signs of wear or long use; worn. 2. wearing worn clothes or having a slovenly appearance. 3. run-down; dilapidated. 4. meanly ungenerous or unfair; contemptible: shabby behavior. 5. inferior; second-rate. shab′bi ness, n.
Definition of shabby adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
showing conspicuous signs of wear or neglect: The rooms on the upper floors of the mansion had a rather shabby appearance, as if they had not been much in use of late.
shabby (third-person singular simple present shabbies, present participle shabbying, simple past and past participle shabbied) (transitive) To make (something) shabby (adjective sense 1); to shabbify.
Shabby things or places look old and in bad condition. His clothes were old and shabby. He walked past her into a tiny, shabby room. ...one of the shabbiest and poorest areas of London.