shabby

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈʃæbi/
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• rhymes with -æbi
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• CMU ARPABET: SH AE1 B IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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The adjective is derived from shab (“(obsolete except UK, dialectal) scaly skin disease; skin disease of sheep; crust forming over wound, scab”) + -y (suffix meaning ‘having the quality of’ forming adjectives). The verb is derived from the adjective. Cognates * Dutch schabbig (“poor, needy, shabby”) * Middle High German schebic (modern German schäbig (“shabby”)) * Middle Low German schabbich (“miserable”) (modern Low German schabbig, schäbbig) * Scots shabby (“in poor health, ill”) * Swedish sjabbig (“shabby, mangy, scruffy”), skabbig (“scabby”)

110 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: بَالٍ (bālin) — of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect — see also worn
• Bulgarian: износен (iznosen) — of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect — see also worn
• Bulgarian: изтъркан (iztǎrkan) — of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect — see also worn
• Bulgarian: захабен (zahaben) — of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect — see also worn
• Catalan: tronat — of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect — see also worn
• Cebuano: nagkagidlay — of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect — see also worn
• Chinese Mandarin: 破舊 /破旧 (pòjiù) — of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect — see also worn
• Czech: omšelý — of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect — see also worn
• Czech: ošuntělý — of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect — see also worn
• Czech: zchátralý — of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect — see also worn
• Dutch: haveloos — of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect — see also worn
• Dutch: slonzig — of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect — see also worn
• Finnish: nuhjuinen — of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect — see also worn
• Finnish: nuhruinen — of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect — see also worn
• Finnish: nukkavieru — of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect — see also worn
• French: élimé — of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect — see also worn
• French: miteux — of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect — see also worn
• French: râpé — of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect — see also worn
• French: usé — of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect — see also worn
• German: schäbig — of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect — see also worn
• Italian: logoro — of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect — see also worn
• Japanese: ぼろぼろ (boroboro) — of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect — see also worn
• Korean: 누추 (nuchu) — of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect — see also worn
• Luxembourgish: schappeg — of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect — see also worn
• Māori: kanukanu — of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect — see also worn
• Māori: pūtaitai — of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect — see also worn
• Māori: taretare — of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect — see also worn
• Norman: êvâtchi — of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect — see also worn
• Portuguese: esbodegado — of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect — see also worn
• Portuguese: esfarrapado — of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect — see also worn
• Portuguese: estropiado — of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect — see also worn
• Romanian: ponosit — of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect — see also worn
• Romanian: sărăcăcios — of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect — see also worn
• Romanian: uzat — of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect — see also worn
• Romanian: zdrențăros — of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect — see also worn
• Russian: ве́тхий (vétxij) — of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect — see also worn
• Russian: убо́гий (ubógij) — of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect — see also worn
• Russian: жа́лкий (žálkij) — of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect — see also worn
• Russian: запу́щенный (zapúščennyj) — of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect — see also worn
• Russian: захуда́лый (zaxudályj) — of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect — see also worn
• Serbo-Croatian: олѝњао — of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect — see also worn
• Serbo-Croatian: по̀ха̄бан — of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect — see also worn
• Serbo-Croatian: olìnjao — of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect — see also worn
• Serbo-Croatian: pòhāban — of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect — see also worn
• Spanish: astroso — of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect — see also worn
• Spanish: cutre — of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect — see also worn
• Spanish: raído — of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect — see also worn
• Spanish: zarrapastroso — of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect — see also worn
• Swedish: sjabbig — of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect — see also worn
• Swedish: maläten — of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect — see also worn
• Swedish: sjavig — of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect — see also worn
• Swedish: sliten — of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect — see also worn
• Ottoman Turkish: پنتی (pinti) — of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect — see also worn
• Bulgarian: дрипав (dripav) — of a person: wearing ragged or very worn, and often dirty, clothing
• Bulgarian: опърпан (opǎrpan) — of a person: wearing ragged or very worn, and often dirty, clothing
• Cebuano: nagkagidlay — of a person: wearing ragged or very worn, and often dirty, clothing
• Chinese Mandarin: 破爛 /破烂 (pòlàn) — of a person: wearing ragged or very worn, and often dirty, clothing
• Czech: ošuntělý — of a person: wearing ragged or very worn, and often dirty, clothing
• Czech: otrhaný — of a person: wearing ragged or very worn, and often dirty, clothing
• Finnish: nuhjuinen — of a person: wearing ragged or very worn, and often dirty, clothing
• Finnish: nuhruinen — of a person: wearing ragged or very worn, and often dirty, clothing
• Finnish: nukkavieru — of a person: wearing ragged or very worn, and often dirty, clothing
• Galician: atrouxado — of a person: wearing ragged or very worn, and often dirty, clothing
• Galician: esfarrapado — of a person: wearing ragged or very worn, and often dirty, clothing
• German: schäbig — of a person: wearing ragged or very worn, and often dirty, clothing
• Japanese: ぼろぼろ (boroboro) — of a person: wearing ragged or very worn, and often dirty, clothing
• Portuguese: esfarrapado — of a person: wearing ragged or very worn, and often dirty, clothing
• Romanian: zdrențuit — of a person: wearing ragged or very worn, and often dirty, clothing
• Russian: обветша́лый (obvetšályj) — of a person: wearing ragged or very worn, and often dirty, clothing
• Russian: плюга́вый (pljugávyj) — of a person: wearing ragged or very worn, and often dirty, clothing
• Russian: поно́шенный (ponóšennyj) — of a person: wearing ragged or very worn, and often dirty, clothing
• Russian: потёртый (potjórtyj) — of a person: wearing ragged or very worn, and often dirty, clothing
• Russian: потрёпанный (potrjópannyj) — of a person: wearing ragged or very worn, and often dirty, clothing
• Russian: ве́тхий (vétxij) — of a person: wearing ragged or very worn, and often dirty, clothing
• Serbo-Croatian: о̀тр̄ца̄н — of a person: wearing ragged or very worn, and often dirty, clothing
• Serbo-Croatian: òtr̄cān — of a person: wearing ragged or very worn, and often dirty, clothing
• Spanish: andrajoso — of a person: wearing ragged or very worn, and often dirty, clothing
• Spanish: desarrapado — of a person: wearing ragged or very worn, and often dirty, clothing
• Spanish: desharrapado — of a person: wearing ragged or very worn, and often dirty, clothing
• Spanish: harapiento — of a person: wearing ragged or very worn, and often dirty, clothing
• Spanish: zarrapastroso — of a person: wearing ragged or very worn, and often dirty, clothing
• Swedish: luggsliten — of a person: wearing ragged or very worn, and often dirty, clothing
• Swedish: sjavig — of a person: wearing ragged or very worn, and often dirty, clothing
• Ottoman Turkish: پنتی (pinti) — of a person: wearing ragged or very worn, and often dirty, clothing
• Bulgarian: низък (nizǎk) — of a person, their behaviour, etc.: despicable, mean — see also despicable, mean
• Bulgarian: подъл (podǎl) — of a person, their behaviour, etc.: despicable, mean — see also despicable, mean
• Chinese Mandarin: 卑鄙 — of a person, their behaviour, etc.: despicable, mean — see also despicable, mean
• Chinese Mandarin: 刻薄 (kèbó) — of a person, their behaviour, etc.: despicable, mean — see also despicable, mean
• Czech: nečestný — of a person, their behaviour, etc.: despicable, mean — see also despicable, mean
• Czech: podlý — of a person, their behaviour, etc.: despicable, mean — see also despicable, mean
• Czech: sprostý — of a person, their behaviour, etc.: despicable, mean — see also despicable, mean
• Finnish: onneton — of a person, their behaviour, etc.: despicable, mean — see also despicable, mean
• Finnish: surkea — of a person, their behaviour, etc.: despicable, mean — see also despicable, mean
• French: minable — of a person, their behaviour, etc.: despicable, mean — see also despicable, mean
• German: schäbig — of a person, their behaviour, etc.: despicable, mean — see also despicable, mean
• Italian: meschino — of a person, their behaviour, etc.: despicable, mean — see also despicable, mean
• Portuguese: tosco — of a person, their behaviour, etc.: despicable, mean — see also despicable, mean
• Romanian: josnic — of a person, their behaviour, etc.: despicable, mean — see also despicable, mean
• Romanian: meschin — of a person, their behaviour, etc.: despicable, mean — see also despicable, mean
• Romanian: ticălos — of a person, their behaviour, etc.: despicable, mean — see also despicable, mean
• Russian: по́длый (pódlyj) — of a person, their behaviour, etc.: despicable, mean — see also despicable, mean
• Swedish: sjaskig — of a person, their behaviour, etc.: despicable, mean — see also despicable, mean
• Finnish: hääppöinen — poor in quality; showing little effort or talent
• Māori: pūtaitai — poor in quality; showing little effort or talent
• Spanish: chimbo — poor in quality; showing little effort or talent
• Spanish: deterior — poor in quality; showing little effort or talent
• Spanish: cutre — poor in quality; showing little effort or talent
• Spanish: flaite — poor in quality; showing little effort or talent
• Finnish: tehdä nuhjuiseksi — (transitive) to make (something) shabby; (intransitive) to become shabby
• Finnish: tehdä nuhruiseksi — (transitive) to make (something) shabby; (intransitive) to become shabby