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Shabby as a Adjective has these synonyms:
dilapidated, tumbledown, broken-down, shattered, battered, run-down, ramshackle, seedy, neglected, dirty, squalid, slum-like, slummy, beat-up, crummyExample: Sam lives in a shabby little house near the canal.
mean, stingy, ungenerous, niggardly, contemptible, low, lowly, base, mean-spirited, despicable, vile, uncouth, discreditable, inferior, disreputable, infamous, abominable, dishonorable, ignoble, atrocious, ignominious, odious, detestable, opprobrious
Example: The shabby apology for their behavior fell on deaf ears.
poor, peremptory, unpleasant, nasty, disagreeable, mean, contemptuous, demeaning, grudging, ungenerous, impolite, rude, unfriendly, unhelpful, shoddy, ungentlemanly, unladylike, dishonorable, unworthy, scurvy, rotten
Example: We were subjected to very shabby treatment at the office where we applied for work.
worn, dingy, faded, worn out, threadbare, tatty, tattered, frayed, raggedy, ragged, scruffy, dilapidated, ratty, dirty, bedraggled, mangy, run-down, seedy, (much) the worse for wear, down at heel, down at the heel(s), grubby, scrubby, gungy
Example: He was wearing a shabby suit and down-at-heel shoes.
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