OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 14965

shabby

/ˈʃæbi/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
astroso • cutre • raído • zarrapastroso
Of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect; scruffy.
They lived in a tiny apartment, with some old, shabby furniture.
[A]s there was a stream of people pouring into a shabby house not far from the entrance, he waited until they had made their way in, […]
andrajoso • desarrapado • desharrapado • harapiento • zarrapastroso
Of a person: wearing ragged or very worn, and often dirty, clothing.
He was an affectionate brother, always glad to do a good turn to his sisters—who lived with a shabby old half-pay father, […]
The fellow arrived looking rather shabby after journeying so far.
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