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

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin