'Shabby' definitions:
Definition of 'shabby'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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]
adjective
Mean and unworthy and despicable; "shabby treatment"
Definition of 'Shabby'
From: GCIDE
- Shabby \Shab"by\, a. [Compar. Shabbier; superl. Shabbiest.] [See Shab, n., Scabby, and Scab.]
- 1. Torn or worn to rage; poor; mean; ragged. [1913 Webster]
- Wearing shabby coats and dirty shirts. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments. "The dean was so shabby." --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Mean; paltry; despicable; as, shabby treatment. "Very shabby fellows." --Clarendon. [1913 Webster]