Synonyms for shabby
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Ragged — of clothing, a place, etc., unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect; scruffy
ragged, worn, tacky, run-down, seedy, tatty, beat-up, ratty, decrepit, dilapidated, dowdy, worn-out, ramshackle, threadbare, bedraggled, broken-down, unkempt, tattered, mangy, tired, time-worn, neglected
2. Wretched — of a person, their behaviour, etc., despicable, mean; also, not generous; stingy, tight-fisted
wretched, little, chintzy, contemptible, poor, dirty, pitiful, pathetic, cheap, mean, scrubby, despicable, lousy, paltry, stingy, woeful, sorry, low, miserly, base, disgraceful, scandalous
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
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.
- adj. 2
Of a person, their behaviour, etc.: despicable, mean; also, not generous; stingy, tight-fisted.
Related words
- Word family
- shabbiness
Example sentences
- worn I'm getting pretty worn out driving every morning.
- ragged Ziri had ragged clothes, looked dirty and disheveled.
- tacky I don't like boxer shorts very much. They're tacky.
- seedy Tom and Mary live in a seedy rundown neighbourhood.
- pitiful The pitiful tale fetched tears from the girl.
By length
- 3 letters
- low1
- 4 letters
- mean1, poor1, base1, worn1
- 5 letters
- sorry2, tired2, cheap1, dirty2, lousy2, tacky2, seedy2, ratty2, dowdy2, tatty2, mangy2
- 6 letters
- little2, ragged2, stingy2, paltry2, woeful2
- 7 letters
- pitiful3, unkempt2, scrubby2, miserly3, chintzy2
- 8 letters
- pathetic3, wretched2, decrepit3, tattered2
- 9 letters
- neglected3
- 10 letters
- despicable4, scandalous3, ramshackle3, threadbare2, bedraggled3
- 11 letters
- disgraceful3, dilapidated5
- 12 letters
- contemptible4
- 13 letters
- ungentlemanly
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (sorry2 = 2 syllables).