English-Thai Dictionary

shabby

ADJ โกโรโกโส  ชำรุด มาก  เก่า มาก  ragged decayed deteriorated neat new ko-ro-ko-so

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SHABBY

a. 1. Ragged; torn or worn to rags; as a shabby coat; shabby clothes.
2. Clothed with ragged garments.
The dean was so shabby- Swift.
3. Mean; paltry; despicable; as a shabby fellow; shabby treatment. [For the idea expressed by shabby, there is not a better word in the language. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SHABBY

Shab "by, a. [Compar. Shabbier; superl. Shabbiest.] Etym: [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. "The dean was so shabby. " Swift.

 

3. Mean; paltry; despicable; as, shabby treatment. "Very shabby fellows." Clarendon.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

shabby

shab by |ˈSHabē ˈʃæbi | ▶adjective ( shabbier, shabbiest ) in poor condition through long or hard use or lack of care: a conscript in a shabby uniform saluted the car. • dressed in old or worn clothes. • (of behavior ) mean and shameful: shabby, disrespectful treatment. DERIVATIVES shab bi ly |-əlē |adverb, shab bi ness noun ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from dialect shab ‘scab ’ (from a Germanic base meaning ‘itch ’) + -y 1 .

 

Oxford Dictionary

shabby

shabby |ˈʃabi | ▶adjective ( shabbier, shabbiest ) 1 in poor condition through long use or lack of care: a conscript in a shabby uniform saluted the car. • dressed in old or worn clothes: a shabby fellow in slippers and an undershirt. 2 (of behaviour ) mean and unfair: Snooping, was he? That's a shabby trick. DERIVATIVES shabbily adverb, shabbiness noun ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from dialect shab ‘scab ’ (from a Germanic base meaning ‘itch ’) + -y 1 .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

shabby

shabby adjective 1 a shabby little bar: run-down, down-at-heel, down-at-the-heel (s ), scruffy, dilapidated, ramshackle, tumbledown; seedy, slummy, insalubrious, squalid, sordid, flea-bitten; informal crummy, scuzzy, raggedy-ass. ANTONYMS smart, upmarket. 2 a shabby gray coat: scruffy, old, worn out, threadbare, ragged, frayed, tattered, battered, faded, moth-eaten, mangy; informal tatty, ratty, the worse for wear, raggedy. ANTONYMS new. 3 her shabby treatment of Bill: contemptible, despicable, dishonorable, discreditable, mean, low, dirty, hateful, shameful, sorry, ignoble, unfair, unworthy, unkind, shoddy, nasty; informal rotten, lowdown; beastly. ANTONYMS decent, honorable.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

shabby

shabby adjective 1 a shabby little bar in Paddington: run down, down at heel, scruffy, uncared-for, neglected, dilapidated, in disrepair, ramshackle, tumbledown; dingy, seedy, slummy, insalubrious, squalid, sordid, mean, wretched, miserable; informal crummy, scuzzy, tacky, grungy, shambly, beat-up; Brit. informal grotty; N. Amer. informal shacky. ANTONYMS smart, upmarket. 2 an old lady in a shabby grey coat: scruffy, well worn, worn, old, worn out, threadbare, moth-eaten, mangy, ragged, frayed, tattered, battered, decrepit, having seen better days, falling apart at the seams; faded, dowdy; dirty, grubby; informal tatty, ratty, the worse for wear; N. Amer. informal raggedy, raggedy-ass; Austral. informal warby; rare out at elbows. ANTONYMS new, in good condition. 3 it's pretty hard to come to terms with Angela's shabby treatment of Rick: contemptible, despicable, dishonourable, disreputable, discreditable, mean, mean-spirited, base, low, dirty, shameful, sorry, ignoble, unfair, unworthy, ungenerous, unkind, ungentlemanly, cheap, shoddy, unpleasant, nasty; informal rotten, low-down, hateful; Brit. informal beastly; vulgar slang shitty; archaic scurvy. ANTONYMS decent, honourable.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

shabby

shab by /ʃǽbi /〖原義は 「(人が )みすぼらしい 」〗形容詞 -bier ; -biest 1 〈服などが 〉着古した , 使い古した , ぼろの , よれよれの ; 〈場所 住居が 〉みすぼらしい , むさ苦しい ▸ a shabby jacket みすぼらしい上着 ▸ a shabby apartment 古ぼけたアパート .2 〈人が 〉みすぼらしい , よれよれの服を着た .3 ｟古 ｠〈行為などが 〉不当な , 卑劣な , けちな (mean ).sh á b bi ly 副詞 みすぼらしく ; 不当に .sh á b bi ness 名詞 U みすぼらしさ ; 卑しさ .