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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. showing signs of wear and tear;
- Example: "a ratty old overcoat"
- Example: "shabby furniture"
- Example: "an old house with dirty windows and tatty curtains"
[syn: moth-eaten, ratty, shabby, tatty]

2. mean and unworthy and despicable;
- Example: "shabby treatment"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Shabby \Shab"by\, a. [Compar. Shabbier; superl. Shabbiest.]
   [See Shab, n., Scabby, and Scab.]
   1. Torn or worn to rage; poor; mean; ragged.
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            Wearing shabby coats and dirty shirts. --Macaulay.
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   2. Clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments. "The
      dean was so shabby." --Swift.
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   3. Mean; paltry; despicable; as, shabby treatment. "Very
      shabby fellows." --Clarendon.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

shabby
    adj 1: showing signs of wear and tear; "a ratty old overcoat";
           "shabby furniture"; "an old house with dirty windows and
           tatty curtains" [syn: moth-eaten, ratty, shabby,
           tatty]
    2: mean and unworthy and despicable; "shabby treatment"