Definition of Shabby

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Definition of Shabby
	Shabby Torn or worn to rage; poor; mean; ragged. Clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments. Mean; paltry; despicable; as, shabby treatment. Related Definitions: As, Clothed, Despicable, Mean, Much, Or, Paltry, Poor, Rage, Ragged, Shabby, Soiled, To, Torn, Treatment, With, Worn

Shabby Quotations

When I find myself in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate who has strayed by mistake into a room full of dukes.
W. H. Auden

When I am in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate who has strayed by mistake into a drawing room full of dukes.
W. H. Auden

The band broke up because I couldn't bear Rotten anymore because he was an embarrassment with his silly hats and his, like, shabby, dirty, nasty looking appearance.
Sid Vicious

A work-room should be like an old shoe; no matter how shabby, it's better than a new one.
Willa Cather

Winter lies too long in country towns; hangs on until it is stale and shabby, old and sullen.
Willa Cather

We stayed in some pretty shabby places in Europe.
Phil Collins

Genius, like truth, has a shabby and neglected mien.
Edward Dahlberg

It takes a kind of shabby arrogance to survive in our time, and a fairly romantic nature to want to.
Edgar Z. Friedenberg

Shabby Translations

shabby in Swedish is sjaskig, tarvlig, sluskig

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