What is "shabbier"

Shabby \Shab"by\, a. [Compar. Shabbier; superl. Shabbiest.]

1. Torn or worn to rage; poor; mean; ragged.

   Wearing shabby coats and dirty shirts.
   --Macaulay.

2. Clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments. ``The dean was so shabby.''
   --Swift.

3. Mean; paltry; despicable; as, shabby treatment. ``Very shabby fellows.''
   --Clarendon.

a. (en-comparative of: shabby)

1. adj. showing signs of wear and tear; "a ratty old overcoat"; "shabby furniture"; "an old house with dirty windows and tatty curtains" [syn: moth-eaten, ratty, tatty]

2. mean and unworthy and despicable; "shabby treatment"

3. [also: shabbiest, shabbier]

See shabby