B2adjective · rare

shabby

shab·by

shabby · shabbier · shabbiest

середній

ветхий, жалкий, запущенный, убогий

schäbig

Of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age…Of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect; scruffy.

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/ˈʃæbi/

» He is mixed up with something shabby.

Meaning

7 senses

Of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect; scruffy.
They lived in a tiny apartment, with some old, shabby furniture.
schäbig
ве́тхийvétxij, убо́гийubógij, жа́лкийžálkij
Of a person: wearing ragged or very worn, and often dirty, clothing.
The fellow arrived looking rather shabby after journeying so far.
schäbig
обветша́лыйobvetšályj, плюга́выйpljugávyj, поно́шенныйponóšennyj
(figuratively)Of a person, their behaviour, etc.: despicable, mean; also, not generous; stingy, tight-fisted.
shabby treatment
schäbig
по́длыйpódlyj
mean and unworthy and despicable
(figuratively)Poor in quality; also, showing little effort or talent.
His painting is not too shabby.
Poor in quality; also, showing little effort or talent.
(UK, dialectal, figuratively, informal)Of weather: wet and dreary.
(UK, dialectal, figuratively)Chiefly of sheep: affected by shab or scab (“a skin disease”); scabby.
(archaic, figuratively)Of the pulse: thready, weak.

Examples

25 sentences

He is mixed up with something shabby.
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In the end, we ended up eating at that shabby restaurant.
deSchlussendlich aßen wir in dem heruntergekommenen Restaurant. — Yorwba
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Tom repainted his mailbox because it was looking shabby.
deTom hat seinen Briefkasten neu gestrichen, weil er nicht mehr schön aussah. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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Tom's clothes were shabby.
ruОдежда у Тома была потрёпанная. — marafon
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Tom was wearing shabby clothes.
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Translations

6 languages

Русский

By meaning 3

of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect — see also worn:

of a person: wearing ragged or very worn, and often dirty, clothing:

of a person, their behaviour, etc.: despicable, mean — see also despicable, mean:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect — see also worn:

Origin

The adjective is derived from shab (“(obsolete except UK, dialectal) scaly skin disease; s

The adjective is derived from shab (“(obsolete except UK, dialectal) scaly skin disease; skin disease of sheep; crust forming over wound, scab”) + -y (suffix meaning ‘having the quality of’ forming adjectives).

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