shabby

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

shabby [shabby shabbier shabbiest] BrE [ˈʃæbi] NAmE [ˈʃæbi] adjective (shab·bier, shab·bi·est)
1. (of buildings, clothes, objects, etc.)in poor condition because they have been used a lot
Syn: ↑scruffy
•The outside of the house was beginning to look shabby.
•She wore shabby old jeans and a T-shirt.
2. (of a person)badly dressed in clothes that have been worn a lot
Syn: ↑scruffy
•The old man was shabby and unkempt.
3. (of behaviour)unfair or unreasonable
Syn: ↑shoddy
•She tried to make up for her shabby treatment of him.
•a shabby affair
•It was a shabby way to treat visitors.
Derived Words: ↑shabbily ▪ ↑shabbiness

Word Origin:
mid 17th cent.: from dialect shab ‘scab’ (from a Germanic base meaning ‘itch’) + ↑-y.

Example Bank:
•I suddenly felt rather shabby and uncomfortable.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  moth-eaten, ratty, tatty