shabby
adjective
[ ˈʃabi ]
• in poor condition through long use or lack of care.
• "a conscript in a shabby uniform saluted the car"
Similar:
run down,
down at heel,
scruffy,
uncared-for,
neglected,
dilapidated,
in disrepair,
ramshackle,
tumbledown,
dingy,
seedy,
slummy,
insalubrious,
squalid,
sordid,
mean,
wretched,
miserable,
crummy,
scuzzy,
tacky,
grungy,
shambly,
beat-up,
grotty,
shacky,
well worn,
worn,
old,
worn out,
threadbare,
moth-eaten,
mangy,
ragged,
frayed,
tattered,
battered,
decrepit,
having seen better days,
falling apart at the seams,
faded,
dowdy,
dirty,
grubby,
tatty,
ratty,
the worse for wear,
raggedy,
raggedy-ass,
warby,
out at elbows,
• (of behaviour) mean and unfair.
• "Snooping, was he? That's a shabby trick"
Similar:
contemptible,
despicable,
dishonourable,
disreputable,
discreditable,
mean,
mean-spirited,
base,
low,
dirty,
shameful,
sorry,
ignoble,
unfair,
unworthy,
ungenerous,
unkind,
ungentlemanly,
cheap,
shoddy,
unpleasant,
nasty,
rotten,
low-down,
hateful,
beastly,
scurvy,
shitty,
Origin:
mid 17th century: from dialect shab ‘scab’ (from a Germanic base meaning ‘itch’) + -y1.
