SHABBY


Meaning of SHABBY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ʃæbi ]

( shabbier, shabbiest)

1.

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.

ADJ

2.

A person who is shabby is wearing old, worn clothes.

...a shabby, tall man with dark eyes.

ADJ

3.

If you describe someone’s behaviour as shabby , you think they behave in an unfair or unacceptable way.

It was hard to say why the man deserved such shabby treatment...

I knew it was shabby of me, but I couldn’t help feeling slightly disappointed.

ADJ [ disapproval ]

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