Associations to the word «Shabby»

Wiktionary

SHABBY, adjective. Torn or worn; poor; mean; ragged.
SHABBY, adjective. Clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments.
SHABBY, adjective. Mean; paltry; despicable.

Dictionary definition

SHABBY, adjective. Showing signs of wear and tear; "a ratty old overcoat"; "shabby furniture"; "an old house with dirty windows and tatty curtains".
SHABBY, adjective. Mean and unworthy and despicable; "shabby treatment".

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca