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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries초라하지만 품위 있는
Native Script:한국어 한글
Pronunciation / Transliteration: chorahajiman pumwi inneun
"그는 초라하지만 품위 있는 양복을 입고 있었다."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Characteristic of a person or place that shows signs of wear, poverty, or deterioration, but still maintains an appearance of former respectability or high social class.
"The elderly professor lived in a shabby-genteel apartment filled with fraying velvet curtains and towering stacks of leather-bound books." - 2
Attempting to appear refined or upper-class despite a clear lack of money or resources.
"They wore shabby-genteel attire to the gala, sporting vintage garments that had clearly seen better decades."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Combining 'shabby' (derived from Middle English shabbeh, meaning a scab or mean person) and 'genteel' (borrowed from French gentil, meaning of noble birth), this compound adjective emerged in the early 19th century. It reflects the Victorian social anxiety surrounding diminished fortunes and the desperate maintenance of outward respectability despite poverty.
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misérable et distingué
Transliteration: mizɛʁabl e distɛ̃ɡe
"Il habitait dans un quartier misérable et distingué."
armhaft vornehm
Transliteration: armhaft foːʁnɛm
"Das Hotel hatte eine armhaft vornehm Atmosphäre."
decaduto ma dignitoso
Transliteration: dekaduːto ma diɲɲiˈtoːzo
"Il suo cappotto era vecchio ma manteneva un aspetto decaduto ma dignitoso."
pobre con pretensiones
Transliteration: pobɾe kon pɾetensjoɾes
"Vivían en una situación de elegancia pobre con pretensiones."
decaído mas distinto
Transliteration: dekaiidu maz diʃtĩtu
"A mobília da sala era decaída mas distinta."
गरीब लेकिन संभ्रांत
Transliteration: gareeb lekin sambhrant
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"वह अपनी गरीब लेकिन संभ्रांत जीवनशैली के लिए जाने जाते थे।"
寒酸却不失体面的
Transliteration: hánsuān què bù shī tǐmiàn de
Script: 中文汉字
"他住在一间寒酸却不失体面的公寓里。"
초라하지만 품위 있는
Transliteration: chorahajiman pumwi inneun
Script: 한국어 한글
"그는 초라하지만 품위 있는 양복을 입고 있었다."
落ちぶれても品位を保つ
Transliteration: ochiburetemo hingi o tamatsu
Script: 日本語
"彼女の部屋は落ちぶれても品位を保つ雰囲気があった。"
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