shabby

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S0307200 (shăb′ē)adj. shab·bi·er, shab·bi·est 1. a. Showing signs of wear and tear; threadbare or worn-out: shabby furniture.b. Dilapidated or deteriorated in condition, especially through neglect; seedy: a shabby little park.2. Wearing threadbare clothing.3. a. Despicable; mean: a shabby trick.b. Not generous or just; unfair: shabby treatment.c. Of mediocre or substandard quality.

[From obsolete shab, scab, from Middle English schab, from Old English sceabb.]

shab′bi·ly adv.shab′bi·ness n.

shabby

(ˈʃæbɪ) adj, -bier or -biest1. threadbare or dilapidated in appearance2. wearing worn and dirty clothes; seedy3. mean, despicable, or unworthy: shabby treatment. 4. dirty or squalid[C17: from Old English sceabb scab + -y¹] ˈshabbily adv ˈshabbiness n

shab•by

(ˈʃæb i)

adj. -bi•er, -bi•est. 1. showing signs of wear or long use; worn. 2. wearing worn clothes or having a slovenly appearance. 3. run-down; dilapidated. 4. meanly ungenerous or unfair; contemptible: shabby behavior. 5. inferior; second-rate. [1660–70; shab scab (Middle English; Old English sceabb)] shab′bi•ly, adv. shab′bi•ness, n.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	shabby - showing signs of wear and tear; "a ratty old overcoat"; "shabby furniture"; "an old house with dirty windows and tatty curtains"moth-eaten, tatty, rattyworn - affected by wear; damaged by long use; "worn threads on the screw"; "a worn suit"; "the worn pockets on the jacket"
	2.	shabby - mean and unworthy and despicable; "shabby treatment"dishonorable, dishonourable - lacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor; "dishonorable in thought and deed"

shabby

adjective1. tatty, worn, ragged, scruffy, faded, frayed, worn-out, tattered, threadbare, down at heel, the worse for wear, having seen better days His clothes were old and shabby.
tatty smart, neat, well-dressed, handsome, well-to-do, well-kept, in mint condition, new, well-kempt2. run-down, tatty, seedy, mean, neglected, scruffy, squalid, ramshackle, dilapidated, grotty (informal), tumbledown, insalubrious a rather shabby Naples hotel3. mean, low, rotten (informal), cheap, dirty, shameful, low-down (informal), shoddy, unworthy, despicable, contemptible, scurvy, dishonourable, ignoble, ungentlemanly It was hard to know why the man deserved such shabby treatment.
mean fair, generous, worthy, honourable, praiseworthy

shabby

adjective1. 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: tacky.Slang: ratty.Idioms: all the worse for wear, gone to pot, past cure.2. So objectionable as to elicit despisal or deserve condemnation:abhorrent, abominable, antipathetic, contemptible, despicable, despisable, detestable, disgusting, filthy, foul, infamous, loathsome, lousy, low, mean, nasty, nefarious, obnoxious, odious, repugnant, rotten, vile, wretched.3. Of low or lower quality:common, inferior, low-grade, low-quality, mean, mediocre, second-class, second-rate, substandard.

Translations

破旧的衣衫褴褛的低劣的卑鄙的

shabby

(ˈʃӕbi) adjective1. looking old and worn. shabby curtains; shabby clothes.破旧的2. wearing old or dirty clothes. a shabby old man; He used to be so smart but he looks shabby now.衣衫褴褛的3. (of behaviour) unworthy or mean. That was a shabby thing to do. 卑鄙的，低劣的 ˈshabbily adverb 卑鄙地，衣衫褴褛地，不体面地 ˈshabbiness noun 卑鄙，衣衫褴褛，不体面

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not bad

Better than average or expected; satisfactory. A: "How's your new schedule this semester?" B: "Not bad. I don't have any classes before 11 AM, so that's a win in my book!" I didn't think I'd like it, but sushi isn't bad!See also: bad, not

not too shabby

1. Quite good. A: "Did you see Dan's new car?" B: "Yeah, not too shabby!"2. Better than expected; not bad. A: "What did you think of the play?" B: "Not too shabby, actually."See also: not, shabby

Not bad (at all).

1. [Someone or something is] quite satisfactory. Bill: How do you like your new teacher? Jane: Not bad. Bob: Is this pen okay? Bill: I guess. Yeah. Not bad. 2. [Someone or something is] really quite good. (The person or thing can be named, as in the examples.) John: How do you like that new car of yours? Mary: Not bad. Not bad at all. Tom: This one looks great to me. What do you think? Sue: It's not bad.See also: bad, not

not too shabby

1. Inf. nice; well done. (With emphasis on shabby.) Is that your car? Not too shabby'.' That play was not too shabby. 2. Inf. very shabby; very poor indeed. (With emphasis on too. Sarcastic.) Did you see that shot she missed? Not too shabby! What a way to treat someone. Not too shabby!See also: not, shabby

not bad

Also, not half bad; not so or too bad ; not too shabby. Fairly good, as in Not bad, said the conductor, but we need to play the scherzo again, or The movie wasn't half bad, but Jerry wanted to go home, or Our garden's not too bad this year, or How are things going?-Not too shabby. All of the terms involving bad, which imply that something is less bad than it might be, date from the mid-1700s. The last variant, using shabby in the sense of "inferior," is slang of the late 1900s. See also: bad, not

not (so/too) ˈbad

(spoken) quite good: ‘How are you feeling today?’ ‘Not too bad, thanks.’ ♢ Some of his recent books are really not bad.See also: bad, not

not too shabby

1. mod. [with emphasis on shabby] nice; well done. Is that your car? Not too shabby! 2. mod. [with emphasis on too] very shabby; very poor indeed. (Sarcastic.) What a way to treat someone. Not too shabby! See also: not, shabby

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adj tatty

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adj run-down

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adj showing signs of wear and tear or neglect

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adj so objectionable as to elicit despisal or deserve condemnation

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adj of low or lower quality

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adj showing signs of wear and tear

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