(DIR) Back to home page (`"."*-._,.-'"*-._,.-'"*-._,.-'"*-._,.-'"*-._,.-'.";) ( \ _ __ / ) ( ) | | _ _ _| _ (_ |_|_ _ | \ _ ( ) ( ) |/\|(_)| (_| (_)| |_| )(/_ |__/(_|\/ ( ) (/ / \) (.-'"*-._,.-'"*-._,.-'"*-._,.-'"*-._,.-'"*-._,) shabby adj 1. Of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect. 2. Of a person: wearing ragged or very worn, and often dirty, clothing. 3. (figurative) 1. Of a person, their behaviour, etc.: despicable, mean; also, not generous; stingy, tight-fisted. 2. (often in the negative) Poor in quality; also, showing little effort or talent. 1. (medicine, archaic) Of the pulse: thready, weak. 2. (UK, dialectal or informal) Of weather: wet and dreary. 3. (UK, dialectal, veterinary medicine) Chiefly of sheep: affected by shab or scab ("a skin disease"); scabby. shabby v 1. (transitive) To make (something) shabby (adjective sense 1); to shabbify. 2. (intransitive) To become shabby; to shabbify.