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Shabby vs Scabby - What's the difference?

shabby | scabby |

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)
  • Torn or worn; poor; mean; ragged.
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    • , title= , chapter=2 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.
  • Clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments.
    • The fellow arrived looking rather shabby after journeying so far.
  • Mean; paltry; despicable.
    • shabby treatment

    Derived terms

    * shabby-genteel (Webster 1913)

    scabby

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Affected with scabs; full of scabs.
  • Diseased with the scab, or mange; mangy.

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