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shabbiness Definition


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shabby
adj shabbier, shabbiest
    1. Said especially of clothes or furnishings: old and worn; threadbare or dingy.
      Thesaurus: ragged, run-down, dilapidated, shoddy, frayed, tattered, worn, neglected, dingy, dirty, threadbare; Antonym: neat, new.
    2. Said of a person: wearing such clothes; scruffy.
    3. Said of behaviour, conduct, etc: unworthy, discreditable or contemptible; nasty or mean.
      Thesaurus: contemptible, low, mean, paltry, sordid, disreputable, shameful; Antonym: kindly, noble.
Derivative: shabbily
adverb
    Derivative: shabbiness
    noun
      Etymology: Anglo-Saxon sceabb.



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