shabby
/ˈʃabi/
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American sound/ˈʃabi/
shabby
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shab - by -> shabby
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]
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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
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