Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to shabby
Participle: shabbyed
Gerund: shabbying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | shabby |
| you | shabby |
| he;she;it | shabbys |
| we | shabby |
| you | shabby |
| they | shabby |
Perfect
| I | have shabbyed |
| you | have shabbyed |
| he;she;it | has shabbyed |
| we | have shabbyed |
| you | have shabbyed |
| they | have shabbyed |
Past
| I | shabbyed |
| you | shabbyed |
| he;she;it | shabbyed |
| we | shabbyed |
| you | shabbyed |
| they | shabbyed |
Pluperfect
| I | had shabbyed |
| you | had shabbyed |
| he;she;it | had shabbyed |
| we | had shabbyed |
| you | had shabbyed |
| they | had shabbyed |
Future
| I | will shabby |
| you | will shabby |
| he;she;it | will shabby |
| we | will shabby |
| you | will shabby |
| they | will shabby |
Future Perfect
| I | will have shabbyed |
| you | will have shabbyed |
| he;she;it | will have shabbyed |
| we | will have shabbyed |
| you | will have shabbyed |
| they | will have shabbyed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | shabby |
| you | shabby |
| he;she;it | shabby |
| we | shabby |
| you | shabby |
| they | shabby |
Perfect
| I | have shabbyed |
| you | have shabbyed |
| he;she;it | have shabbyed |
| we | have shabbyed |
| you | have shabbyed |
| they | have shabbyed |
Imperfect
| I | shabbyed |
| you | shabbyed |
| he;she;it | shabbyed |
| we | shabbyed |
| you | shabbyed |
| they | shabbyed |
Pluperfect
| I | had shabbyed |
| you | had shabbyed |
| he;she;it | had shabbyed |
| we | had shabbyed |
| you | had shabbyed |
| they | had shabbyed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would shabby |
| you | would shabby |
| he;she;it | would shabby |
| we | would shabby |
| you | would shabby |
| they | would shabby |
Perfect
| I | would have shabbyed |
| you | would have shabbyed |
| he;she;it | would have shabbyed |
| we | would have shabbyed |
| you | would have shabbyed |
| they | would have shabbyed |
Imperative
| you | shabby |
| we | Let's shabby |
| you | shabby |
Verbs conjugated like 'shabby'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'shabby'
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. The adjective is derived from shab (“(obsolete except UK, dialectal) scaly skin disease; skin disease of sheep; crust forming over wound, scab”) + -y (suffix meaning ‘having the quality of’ forming adjectives).
2. The verb is derived from the adjective.
3. Cognates
4. * Dutch schabbig (“poor, needy, shabby”)
5. * Middle High German schebic (modern German schäbig (“shabby”))
6. * Middle Low German schabbich (“miserable”) (modern Low German schabbig, schäbbig)
7. * Scots shabby (“in poor health, ill”)
8. * Swedish sjabbig (“shabby, mangy, scruffy”), skabbig (“scabby”)
Verbs referencing "shabby"
English
scab.
Sample Sentences
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You'll be one of those tough, square, solid middle-aged men, like a shabbying brown bear, your golden crew-cut greying judiciously at the temples. [1962, Doris Lessing, “The Golden Notebook”, in The Golden Notebook (Flamingo Modern Classics), London: Flamingo, HarperCollinsPublishers, published 1993, →ISBN, page 544:]