Meaning & use
Shabbier
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More worn, dilapidated, or run-down; the comparative form of 'shabby.'
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Each year the old theater looked shabbier than the last.
His coat was shabbier than the one he'd worn the previous winter.
A note on using this word
The base word 'shabby' comes from an old dialect term related to 'scab,' originally describing something mangy or threadbare.
Words with a similar meaning
more wornmore dilapidated
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Words with an opposite meaning
smarterneater
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