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Synonyms & Antonyms of shabby
- shabby wallpaper that was peeling from the walls
Synonyms for shabby
- beat-up,
- bombed-out,
- dilapidated,
- dog-eared,
- down-at-the-heels
- (or down-at-heel also down-at-the-heel or down-at-heels),
- dumpy,
- grungy,
- mangy,
- mean,
- miserable,
- moth-eaten,
- neglected,
- ratty,
- run-down,
- scrubby,
- scruffy,
- seedy,
- sleazy,
- tacky,
- tatterdemalion,
- tatty,
- threadbare,
- timeworn,
- tumbledown
Words Related to shabby
Phrases Synonymous with shabby
Near Antonyms for shabby
- shabby, stained clothes that are barely better than rags
Synonyms for shabby
Words Related to shabby
- broken-down,
- decrepit,
- dilapidated,
- dog-eared,
- grungy,
- mangy,
- moth-eaten,
- run-down,
- scuzzy
- [slang],
- tacky
Near Antonyms for shabby
- brand-new,
- new,
- spick-and-span
- (or spic-and-span),
- unused
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The first known use of shabby was in 1669
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