Definitions for shabby-genteel

shabby-genteel shab·by-gen·teel

Spelling: [shab-ee-jen-teel]
IPA: /ˈʃæb i dʒɛnˈtil/

Shabby-Genteel is a 14 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 997 anagrams from letters in shabby-genteel (-abbeeeghlnsty).

Definitions for shabby-genteel

adjective

  1. trying to maintain dignity and self-respect despite shabbiness.

Origin of shabby-genteel

First recorded in 1745-55

Examples for shabby-genteel

At eleven o'clock he was clothed as a beggar—at twelve he was shabby-genteel.

And now to relinquish these, and be the actor, in the garish light of the noonday, and a shabby-genteel coat and hat!

Here the last of the Glenalvans—once a proud and wealthy race—dwelt in respectable, shabby-genteel poverty.

It would be difficult to name any particular part of town as the principal resort of shabby-genteel men.

I do not believe the poor put into them, but the reduced rich, the shabby-genteel.

The room was full of debtors of all appearances—from the shabby-genteel down to the absolutely ragged.

Look again—here is a shabby-genteel man who lives by his wits.

Such objects, with few exceptions, are shabby-genteel people.

While he sat there spell-bound, a shabby-genteel man entered and sat down beside him.

French peasants will not set about the day's labour in smart or shabby-genteel clothes.

Word Value for shabby-genteel
Scrable

16

Words with friends

16

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