Definitions
mean and unworthy and despicable
Word origin
The adjective is derived from shab (“(obsolete except UK, dialectal) scaly skin disease; skin disease of sheep; crust forming over wound, scab”) + -y (suffix meaning ‘having the quality of’ forming adjectives).
Used in a sentence
“They lived in a tiny apartment, with some old, shabby furniture.”
“[A]s there was a stream of people pouring into a shabby house not far from the entrance, he waited until they had made their way in, […]”
“[They] lived […] in one of the shabbiest streets in the debatable land between Pimlico and Chelsea—by courtesy, South Belgravia.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Worn-out”6 letters
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