shabby : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: shabby	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for shabby
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shabby adj showing signs of wear and tear; "a ratty old overcoat"; "shabby furniture"; "an old house with dirty windows and tatty curtains" Synonym(s): moth-eaten, ratty, shabby, tatty mean and unworthy and despicable; "shabby treatment"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shabby \Shab"by\, a. [Compar. {Shabbier}; superl. {Shabbiest}.] [See {Shab}, n., {Scabby}, and {Scab}.] 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. [bd]The dean was so shabby.[b8] --Swift. 3. Mean; paltry; despicable; as, shabby treatment. [bd]Very shabby fellows.[b8] --Clarendon.