Shabby vs Scabby - What's the difference?
shabby | scabby |
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.
Affected with scabs; full of scabs.
Diseased with the scab, or mange; mangy.
As adjectives the difference between shabby and scabby
is that shabby is torn or worn; poor; mean; ragged while scabby is affected with scabs; full of scabs.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
