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shabbily

US pronunciation
American soundshabbily
shabbily
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3 syllables
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Final y vowel sound

shab - bi - ly -> shabbily

Myanmar meaning

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shabby /'ʃæbi/ adj (-ier, -iest )

၁။ (က) ဟောင်းနွမ်းစုတ်ပြတ် နေသော(အရာ)။ a shabby armchair/ room ❍ shabby old clothes.
(ခ) အနုပ်စုတ်ကုပ်စုတ်။ You look pretty shabby in those clothes.
၂။ အကျင့်တန်သော။ ယုတ်ညံ့သော။ a shabby affair/ excuse ❍ play a shabby trick on sb.
❏ shabbily /'ʃæbÇli/ adv ကပေကရေ။ မကောင်းတရောင်း။ shabbily dressed ❍ I think you have been shabbily treated. shabbiness n [U]

More examples
  • Shabby clothes/furniture/buildings
  • The children were all so shabby and hungry.
  • [feel shabby] : Linda felt shabby standing next to Andrea in her fashionable clothes.
  • The whole affair was rather shabby.
  • He blasted the lawyers for submitting such shabby paperwork.
  • A shop selling shabby goods
Synonyms
scruffy, untidy, ragged, tattered, worn out, threadbare, dilapidated, grungy, unkempt, poorly maintained, bare, bedraggled, beggarly, cheap, contemptible, cruel, crummy, decayed, decaying, decrepit, degenerated, desolate, despicable, despisable, deteriorated, deteriorating, dingy, dirty, disfigured, disgraceful, dishonorable, disreputable, disrespectful, dog-eared, faded, frayed, gone to seed, ignoble, ignominious, inconsiderate, inglorious, low, low-down, mangy, meager, mean, mercenary, miserable, miserly, moth-eaten, nasty, natty, neglected, pitiful, poor, poverty-stricken, ramshackle, ratty, rickety, rotten, ruined, ruinous, run-down, scrubby, scummy, seedy, selfish, shady, shameful, shoddy, sleazy, slipshod, sordid, sorry, squalid, stingy, tacky, thoughtless, tired, unfair, unkind, unworthy, worn, worn-out, worse for wear, wretched
Antonyms
clean, elegant, fresh, good, happy, healthy, honorable, new, nice, respectable, respectful, stable, unused
Cross references
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