VividLex

Home / Thesaurus / shabby

Thesaurus: shabby

Torn or worn to rage; poor; mean; ragged.

Full dictionary entry Search Lens associations

Related headwords

Definitions

  1. n. Torn or worn to rage; poor; mean; ragged.
  2. n. Clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments.
  3. n. Mean; paltry; despicable; as, shabby treatment.
  4. adj. showing signs of wear and tear
  5. adj. mean and unworthy and despicable
  6. 1. Torn or worn to rage; poor; mean; ragged. Wearing shabby coats and dirty shirts. Macaulay. 2. Clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments. "The dean was so shabby." Swift. 3. Mean; paltry; despicable; as, shabby treatment. "Very shabby fellows." Clarendon.
  7. j:100 s. mean and unworthy and despicable