Definitions for: Shabby

[adj] mean and unworthy and despicable; "shabby treatment"
[adj] showing signs of wear and tear; "a ratty old overcoat"; "shabby furniture"; "an old house with dirty windows and tatty curtains"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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. ``The
dean was so shabby.'' --Swift.

3. Mean; paltry; despicable; as, shabby treatment. ``Very
shabby fellows.'' --Clarendon.

Synonyms: dishonorable, dishonourable, moth-eaten, ratty, tatty, worn

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