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Definition of Shabby
1. Adjective. Showing signs of wear and tear. "An old house with dirty windows and tatty curtains"
2. Adjective. Mean and unworthy and despicable. "Shabby treatment"
Definition of Shabby
1. a. Torn or worn to rage; poor; mean; ragged.
Definition of Shabby
1. Adjective. Torn or worn; poor; mean; ragged. ¹
2. Adjective. Clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments. ¹
3. Adjective. Mean; paltry; despicable. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shabby
1. ragged [adj -BIER, -BIEST] : SHABBILY [adv] - See also: ragged
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shabby
Literary usage of Shabby
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Jane Austen's Works by Jane Austen, James Edward Austen-Leigh (1882)
"... shabby, and very inferior to her own. 1 Very little white satin, very few lace
veils ; a most pitiful business ! Selina would stare when she heard of ..."
2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"I suppose it's shabby to say it, but it's true all the same : he was a very costly
guest, and I wasn't disposed, like Charles the Bold or that other famous ..."
3. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Sir Leslie Stephen (1899)
"CHAPTER III A shabby GENTEEL DINNER, AND OTHER INCIDENTS OF A LIKE NATURE MR.
BRANDON'S letter to Lord ..."
4. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"One would suppose a silly pen A shabby weapon in a scuffle ; But yet the pen of
critic men A very hern's soul would ruffle. I grant that some by tongue or ..."
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