disapproval If you describe someone's behaviour as shabby, you think they behave in an unfair or unacceptable way. It was hard to say why the man deserved such shabby treatment I knew it was shabby of me, but I couldn't help feeling slightly disappointed
Shabby things or places look old and in bad condition. His clothes were old and shabby He walked past her into a tiny, shabby room
A person who is shabby is wearing old, worn clothes. a shabby, tall man with dark eyes