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Another word for shabby

shabby Synonyms

shabby

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In bad repair
ragged, threadbare, faded, ill-dressed, dilapidated, decayed, deteriorated, the worse for wear, run-down, broken-down, poor, pitiful, worn, meager, miserable, degenerated, wretched, poverty-stricken, scrubby*, seedy*, gone to seed*, down at the heel*.
Antonyms neat*, new, well-kept.
Inconsiderate
contemptible, low, mean, paltry, sordid, unkind, mercenary, miserly, selfish, thoughtless, stingy*, piffling*, tight-fisted*; see also rude 2.
Antonyms generous*, kindly, noble.

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Another word for shabby

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Showing signs of wear and tear or neglect:
bedraggled, broken-down, decaying, decrepit, dilapidated, dingy, down-at-heel, faded, mangy, rundown, scrubby, scruffy, seedy, shoddy, sleazy, tattered, tatty, threadbare. (Informal) tacky². (Slang) ratty. Idioms: all the worse for wear, gone to pot (or seed), past cure (or hope). See better
So objectionable as to elicit despisal or deserve condemnation:
abhorrent, abominable, antipathetic, contemptible, despicable, despisable, detestable, disgusting, filthy, foul, infamous, loathsome, lousy, low, mean², nasty, nefarious, obnoxious, odious, repugnant, rotten, vile, wretched. See good
Of low or lower quality:
common, inferior, low-grade, low-quality, mean², mediocre, second-class, second-rate, substandard. See better

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Twelve dollars later I was let off at a shabby red brick building in a section of town where no tour busses stop.
Being frequently under the necessity of wearing shabby coats and dirty shirts, he became a confirmed sloven.
The buildings of the town are sombre, shabby and low, but built of stone; and the streets, though wide and shaded by acacias, are mostly unpaved.
In person he was tall and rather thin; his dress was old-fashioned and singularly uniform, and was inclined to be shabby about the times when the precisely arranged visits of his tailor were due.
In 1714 he set out to seek his fortune in Russia, and unsuccessfully solicited a place at the shabby court of the princess Sophia Charlotte, the consort of the tsarevich Alexius.

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