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What (who) is shabby - definition
shabby
SEASON OF THE UK TELEVISION SERIES
BB11 UK; Benjamin Duncan; Caoimhe Guilfoyle; Corin Forshaw; Dave Vaughan; Govan Hinds; John James Parton; Ife Kuku; Mario Mugan; Rachael White; Shabby; Shabby Katchadourian; Keeley Katchadourian; Steve Gill (Big Brother); Sunshine Martin; Yvette Martin; Ben Duncan; Big brother 11 (uk); Keeley Flanders; Rachel Ifon; Keeley Johnson; Andrew Edmonds; Sunshine Martyn; Yvette Martyn; Laura McAdam; David (Dave) Vaughan; Keeva Guilfoyle; Tony the Curvalicious And Most Bootylicious Horse In The Whole of BB World Best Served with Horseradish Dot Com; Tree of temptation; Ask Tom Cruise; Big Brother 2010 (UK); Big Brother 11 (UK); Nathan Dunn (Big Brother); OFFICIALsampepper; Big Brother (UK series 11)
(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]
shabby
SEASON OF THE UK TELEVISION SERIES
BB11 UK; Benjamin Duncan; Caoimhe Guilfoyle; Corin Forshaw; Dave Vaughan; Govan Hinds; John James Parton; Ife Kuku; Mario Mugan; Rachael White; Shabby; Shabby Katchadourian; Keeley Katchadourian; Steve Gill (Big Brother); Sunshine Martin; Yvette Martin; Ben Duncan; Big brother 11 (uk); Keeley Flanders; Rachel Ifon; Keeley Johnson; Andrew Edmonds; Sunshine Martyn; Yvette Martyn; Laura McAdam; David (Dave) Vaughan; Keeva Guilfoyle; Tony the Curvalicious And Most Bootylicious Horse In The Whole of BB World Best Served with Horseradish Dot Com; Tree of temptation; Ask Tom Cruise; Big Brother 2010 (UK); Big Brother 11 (UK); Nathan Dunn (Big Brother); OFFICIALsampepper; Big Brother (UK series 11)
a.
1.
Ragged, worn, faded, threadbare, worn out, poor, mean.
2.
Mean, base, low, despicable, contemptible, beggarly, paltry, unhandsome, ungentlemanly.
shabby
SEASON OF THE UK TELEVISION SERIES
BB11 UK; Benjamin Duncan; Caoimhe Guilfoyle; Corin Forshaw; Dave Vaughan; Govan Hinds; John James Parton; Ife Kuku; Mario Mugan; Rachael White; Shabby; Shabby Katchadourian; Keeley Katchadourian; Steve Gill (Big Brother); Sunshine Martin; Yvette Martin; Ben Duncan; Big brother 11 (uk); Keeley Flanders; Rachel Ifon; Keeley Johnson; Andrew Edmonds; Sunshine Martyn; Yvette Martyn; Laura McAdam; David (Dave) Vaughan; Keeva Guilfoyle; Tony the Curvalicious And Most Bootylicious Horse In The Whole of BB World Best Served with Horseradish Dot Com; Tree of temptation; Ask Tom Cruise; Big Brother 2010 (UK); Big Brother 11 (UK); Nathan Dunn (Big Brother); OFFICIALsampepper; Big Brother (UK series 11)
¦ adjective (shabbier, shabbiest)
1. worn out or dilapidated.
dressed in old or worn clothes.
2. mean and unfair.
Derivatives
shabbily adverb
shabbiness noun
Origin
C17: from dialect shab 'scab' (from a Gmc base meaning 'itch') + -y1.
Examples of use of shabby
1. This is a startlingly shabby place – and far from busy.
2. What a shabby way to treat this extraordinary man.
3. "He‘s getting a pretty shabby inheritance," she said.
4. First and foremost is the dining room‘s shabby state.
5. The conductor‘s dressing room is bordering on shabby.