shabbier

ADJECTIVE

broken-down; in poor shape

Synonyms

STRONGEST

crummy decaying decrepit desolate dilapidated dingy pitiful ramshackle ratty rickety run-down scruffy seedy shoddy squalid tacky tattered threadbare worn

WEAK

bare bedraggled decayed degenerated deteriorated deteriorating disfigured disreputable dog-eared faded frayed gone to seed mangy meager mean miserable moth-eaten neglected poor poverty-stricken ragged ruined ruinous scrubby sleazy slipshod tired worn-out worse for wear wretched

Antonyms

STRONGEST

clean fresh good happy healthy new nice stable unused

WEAK

honorable respectable

ADJECTIVE

despicable

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cheap shoddy

WEAK

beggarly contemptible despisable dirty disgraceful dishonorable disreputable ignoble ignominious inconsiderate inglorious low low-down mean mercenary miserly rotten scummy selfish shady shameful sordid sorry stingy thoughtless unkind unworthy

Antonyms

WEAK

good honorable nice respectable

Example Sentences

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The details were precise because St. Aubyn actually had the British upper-class background that, as Clive James noted, the snobbier Evelyn Waugh longed for.

From New York Times • May 31, 2021

Isn’t it snobbier, really, to expect us to stick to a pre-approved checklist of Oscar hopefuls?

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2019

If he were plain Mr Philip Windsor, he would be seen as a tiresome old toff, with some drearily old-fashioned prejudices: an older, snobbier version of Nigel Farage but without the roguish charm.

From The Guardian • May 4, 2017

Lanyard Envy has been surpassed by Clearance Envy, a far snobbier Freudian affliction.

From Washington Post

Winchester Model 12 It is well known among the snobbier of shotgun enthusiasts that no repeating shotgun can handle as well as an over/under or a side-by-side.

From Time Magazine Archive