shabbiness
111shabby-genteel — adjective trying to maintain dignity and self respect despite shabbiness • Similar to: ↑proud …
112wrongdoing — noun 1. departure from what is ethically acceptable (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑error • Hypernyms: ↑evil, ↑evilness 2. activity that transgresses moral or civil law he denied any wrongdoing …
113wrongful conduct — noun activity that transgresses moral or civil law he denied any wrongdoing • Syn: ↑wrongdoing, ↑misconduct, ↑actus reus • Derivationally related forms: ↑misconduct (for: ↑misconduct …
114show someone/something up — 1 the sun showed up the shabbiness of the room: EXPOSE, reveal, make visible, make obvious, highlight. 2 (informal) they showed him up in front of his friends.: See humiliate. → show * * * make someone or something conspicuous or clearly visible …
115dow|di|ness — «DOW dee nihs», noun. dowdy quality or condition; shabbiness …
116o|ver|oc|cu|pied — «OH vuhr OK yuh pyd», adjective. too crowded; not providing sufficient space: »Its street scenes…have an impressive shabbiness that stained and damaged identity of overoccupied housing and underoccupied people (Manchester Guardian Weekly) …
117scruf|fi|ness — «SKRUHF ee nihs», noun. 1. scruffy quality or condition; scaliness. 2. Figurative. meanness; shabbiness …
118tat|ti|ness — «TAT ee nihs», noun. Especially British. the quality or condition of being tatty; shabbiness …
