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1 shabby
['ʃæbi]1) (looking old and worn: shabby curtains; shabby clothes.) φθαρμένος2) (wearing old or dirty clothes: a shabby old man; He used to be so smart but he looks shabby now.) κουρελιάρης,-ικος3) ((of behaviour) unworthy or mean: That was a shabby thing to do.) μικροπρεπής•- shabbily- shabbiness -
2 Shabby
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3 shabby
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4 down-at-heel
adjective (shabby, untidy and not well looked after or well-dressed.) αφρόντιστος -
5 go to seed
1) ((of a person) to become careless about one's clothes and appearance: Don't let yourself go to seed when you reach middle age!) παραμελώ τον εαυτό μου2) ((of a place) to become rather shabby and uncared for: This part of town has gone to seed recently.) υποβαθμίζομαι,παίρνω την κάτω βόλτα3) ((also run to seed) (of a plant) to produce seeds after flowering.) σποριάζω -
6 scenery
1) (the painted background for a play etc on a stage: The scenery looked rather shabby.) σκηνικό2) (the general appearance of a landscape etc: beautiful scenery.) τοπίο -
7 seedy
1) (shabby: a rather seedy hotel.) φτωχικός,άθλιος2) (ill or unhealthy: He's feeling a bit seedy.) αδιάθετος -
8 tatty
['tæti](shabby and untidy: tatty clothes.) σε μαύρα χάλια -
9 threadbare
adjective ((of material) worn thin; shabby: a threadbare jacket.) ξεφτισμένος, τριμμένος -
10 Dowdy
adj.See Shabby.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Dowdy
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11 Mean
adj.Low of degree: P. and V. ταπεινός, φαῦλος, κακός, πονηρός, Ar. and P. ἀγεννής, V. ἀγέννητος, Ar. and V. δυσγενής.Dishonourable: P. and V. αἰσχρός, κακός, πονηρός, φαῦλος, μοχθηρός, κακοῦργος, ἀνάξιος, Ar. and P. ἀγεννής.Shabby, worthless: P. and V. κακός, φαῦλος, εὐτελής.——————subs.Middle point: use P. and V. μέσον, τό.Strike the mean between the largest also smallest number of ships given: P. πρὸς τὰς μεγίστας καὶ ἐλαχίστας ναῦς τὸ μέσον σκοπεῖν (Thuc. 1, 10).The golden mean: P. and V. τὸ μέτριον, τὰ μέτρια.——————v. trans.Signify, with personal subject: P. and V. λέγειν, φράζειν, εἰπεῖν, V. ἐννέπειν, Ar. and P. διανοεῖσθαι; with non-personal subject: Ar. and P. νοεῖν, δύνασθαι, P. βούλεσθαι, σημαίνειν, φρονεῖν (Thuc. 5, 85), V. θέλειν (Eur., Hipp. 865 and Supp. 1055).Be about to: P. and V. μέλλειν.To whom their survival also success meant most: P. ᾧ ἐκείνους σωθῆναι καὶ κατορθῶσαι μάλιστα διέφερεν (Dem. 321).Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Mean
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12 Niggardly
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13 Poor
adj.The poor: use also V. οἱ οὐκ ἔχοντες.Poor in: P. and V. ἐνδεής (gen.), P. ἐλλιπής (gen.), ἐπιδεής (gen.) (Plat.), V. χρεῖος (gen.).Be poor, v.: P. also V. πένεσθαι.Be poor in: V. πένεσθαι (gen.); see be deficient in, under Deficient.Indifferent: P. also V. φαῦλος, μέτριος, φλαῦρος, εὐτελής.Mean, shabby: P. and V. κακός, φαῦλος, Ar. also P. μοχθηρός.Having poor soil: P. λεπτόγεως.Incapable: P. also V. φαῦλος, ἀφυής.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Poor
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14 Sorry
adj.Repentant: P. μεταμελείας μεστός.Be sorry for, recent of: P. and V. μεταγιγνώσκειν (acc.); see repent of.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Sorry
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