Synonyms of shabby

shabby

adjective

ˈsha-bē 

1

as in dilapidated

showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect

shabby wallpaper that was peeling from the walls

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dilapidated
• neglected
• scruffy
• tatty
• tattered
• miserable
• grungy
• dumpy
• desolate
• mangy
• tired
• abandoned
• tacky
• tumbledown
• seedy
• ragged
• threadbare
• scrubby
• ratty
• timeworn
• down-at-heel
• sleazy
• down-at-the-heels
• beat-up
• ruined
• broken
• run-down
• gone to seed
• down-at-the-heel
• moth-eaten
• dog-eared
• damaged
• bombed-out
• down-at-heels
• mean
• unkept
• tatterdemalion
• dingy
• decrepit
• wrecked
• forlorn
• deteriorated
• ramshackle
• rickety
• deteriorating
• destroyed
• decaying
• bedraggled
• broken-down
• worn-out
• rackety
• godforsaken
• injured
• hurt
• impaired
• harmed
• rattletrap

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• new
• fresh
• brand-new
• maintained
• kept-up
• reconstructed
• mended
• patched
• spiffy
• rebuilt
• smart
• cared-for
• spruce

2

as in tattered

worn or torn into or as if into rags

shabby, stained clothes that are barely better than rags

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tattered
• ragged
• faded
• frayed
• seedy
• raggedy
• threadbare
• scruffy
• ratty
• dingy
• worn-out
• dilapidated
• shredded
• dowdy
• lacerated
• decrepit
• patchy
• mangy
• grungy
• tacky
• tatterdemalion
• scuzzy
• broken-down
• lacerate
• holey
• run-down
• dog-eared
• moth-eaten

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• new
• unused
• brand-new
• spick-and-span
• spic-and-span

Examples of shabby in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

While this shabby retirement home in Jaipur, India, might not look like its flashy ads, American expat Muriel (Maggie Smith) sees its hidden potential and persuades an investor to help her breathe new life into it. —James Mercadante, EW.com, 3 Sep. 2024

Maria Gertrude Baumann, his fifth wife, moved him to Acapulco, Mexico, and sold his story to sensationalist magazines that photographed him lying on a shabby cot. —Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 28 July 2024

Additional bedroom rooms on the second floor aren’t too shabby, either, with one in particular offering verdant landscape and mountain views through an asymmetrical ribbon of windows that wrap around the treehouse-like space. —Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 6 Sep. 2024

In fact, it’s only been available for a few days so far and already has a 4.7 out of five-star ratings on Amazon—not too shabby right out of the gate. —Amanda Chatel, Glamour, 6 Aug. 2024