Adjective complement with noun phrase

• look: Oh the walls are looking a bit shabby, i'll paint them pink... .

Modifies a noun

• interior: Perfect for your vintage chic or shabby chic interior.

• clothes: Who likes to see their lover dressed in shabby, worn-out clothes every day?

• coat: It was clear that under the layer of mud and dung lay a rather shabby coat of tawny hair.

• piece: This shabby piece of bargaining brought home to me the strength and ruthlessness of the forces ranged against us.

• appearance: Silver metal cladding panels have been used to avoid the extensive use of white which quickly takes on a shabby appearance.

• treatment: Their anger at the insult of being at the receiving end of such shabby treatment boiled over on the third day of the Conference.

Modifying Another Word

• slightly: Plus it's slightly shabby, which adds to its charm.

• too: Not too shabby scoring wise today either for them both.

• rather: St Peter, looking rather shabby, frankly, in this cottage garden.

• pretty: In fact we are pretty easily deceived, so you can do a pretty shabby job of it and still fool the eye.

• little: Superb food although the accommodation was a little shabby.

• very: Michael Howard, I have to say, is wearing a very shabby suit indeed.

Used with adjective complement

• look: St Peter, looking rather shabby, frankly, in this cottage garden.

• become: Parks and Open Spaces nationally became shabby at best.

• ai: Hey, maybe this internal thing ain't too shabby after all.

• get: I've always had nice hands, but when I started to work retail they got very shabby.

• seem: Compared to these coins, the coinage of all other nations, including the U.S. seemed shabby.