Category: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.