Shabby vs Renovate - What's the difference?
shabby | renovate |
Torn or worn; poor; mean; ragged.
* {{quote-book, year=1905, author=
, title=
, chapter=2 Clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments.
Mean; paltry; despicable.
To renew; to revamp something to make it look new again.
To restore to freshness or vigor.
As an adjective shabby
is torn or worn; poor; mean; ragged.As a verb renovate is
to renew; to revamp something to make it look new again.shabby
English
Adjective
(er)citation, passage=Miss Phyllis Morgan, as the hapless heroine dressed in the shabbiest of clothes, appears in the midst of a gay and giddy throng; she apostrophises all and sundry there, including the villain, and has a magnificent scene which always brings down the house, and nightly adds to her histrionic laurels.}}
- They lived in a tiny apartment, with some old, shabby furniture.
- The fellow arrived looking rather shabby after journeying so far.
- shabby treatment
Derived terms
* shabby-genteel (Webster 1913)renovate
English
Verb
(en-verb)- This house is shabby, it needs renovating.