Synonyms for shabby
ˈʃæb ishab·by

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1. shabby

   Synonyms:
   ragged, threadbare, contemptible, beggarly, paltry

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1. moth-eaten, ratty, shabby, tattyadjective

   showing signs of wear and tear

   "a ratty old overcoat"; "shabby furniture"; "an old house with dirty windows and tatty curtains"

   Synonyms:
   flashy, moth-eaten, ratty, gimcrack, meretricious, tacky, dusty, trashy, loud, garish, brassy, cheap, cold, mothy, tawdry, flash, tatty, stale, gaudy

   Antonyms:
   honourable, honorable, new

2. shabbyadjective

   mean and unworthy and despicable

   "shabby treatment"

   Synonyms:
   ratty, moth-eaten, tatty

   Antonyms:
   honourable, new, honorable

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1. shabbyadjective

   Synonyms:
   ragged, worn, faded, threadbare, worn out

2. shabbyadjective

   Synonyms:
   mean, base, low, vile, grovelling, despicable, contemptible, beggarly, paltry, pitiful, dirty, scurvy, abject, disgraceful, unhandsome, ungentlemanly

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1. shabbyadjective

   Synonyms:
   seedy, threadbare, tacky , mean, despicable, scurvy, contemptible

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1. List of paraphrases for "shabby":

   seedy, shoddy

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How to use shabby in a sentence?

1. Willa Cather, My Antonia:

   Winter lies too long in country towns; hangs on until it is stale and shabby, old and sullen.

2. Chinese Proverb:

   There is many a good man to be found under a shabby hat.

3. Edward Dahlberg:

   Genius, like truth, has a shabby and neglected mien.

4. Willa Cather:

   Winter lies too long in country towns hangs on until it is stale and shabby, old and sullen.

5. Sinclair Lewis:

   In other countries, art and literature are left to a lot of shabby bums living in attics and feeding on booze and spaghetti, but in America the successful writer or picture-painter is indistinguishable from any other decent businessman.