shabby | Definition of shabby

Synonyms and Antonyms of shabby

1 showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect

shabby wallpaper that was peeling from the walls

Synonyms of shabby

beat-up, bombed-out, dilapidated, dog-eared, down-at-the-heels (or down-at-heel), dumpy, grungy, mangy, mean, miserable, moth-eaten, neglected, ratty, run-down, scrubby, scruffy, seedy, sleazy, tacky, tatterdemalion, tatty, threadbare, timeworn, tumbledown

Words Related to shabby

abandoned, unkept

desolate, forlorn, godforsaken

broken-down, decrepit, tired, worn-out

bedraggled, dingy, ragged, tattered

decaying, deteriorated, deteriorating, rackety, ramshackle, rattletrap, rickety, tumbledown

broken, damaged, destroyed, harmed, hurt, impaired, injured, ruined, wrecked

Phrases Synonymous with shabby

Near Antonyms of shabby

brand-new, fresh, new

cared-for, kept-up, maintained

mended, patched, rebuilt, reconstructed

smart, spiffy, spruce

2 worn or torn into or as if into rags

shabby, stained clothes that are barely better than rags

Synonyms of shabby

frayed, ragged, raggedy, ratty, seedy, tattered, threadbare, worn-out

Words Related to shabby

dowdy, scruffy, tatterdemalion

lacerate (or lacerated), shredded

broken-down, decrepit, dilapidated, dog-eared, grungy, mangy, moth-eaten, run-down, scuzzy [slang], tacky

Near Antonyms of shabby

brand-new, new, spick-and-span (or spic-and-span), unused