They are synonyms.
Dilapidated, rundown, or threadbare are synonyms for shabby.
Try: dilapidated; decrepit; ramshackle; threadbare; dog-eared; shabby; seedy...
Dilapidated is an adjective used to describe something that is in poor condition due to neglect. Synonyms include wrecked, destroyed, ruined, shabby and beat-up.
Some adjectives that mean cheap-looking are shabby, dilapidated, rundown, and tattered.
A shabby house refers to a house that is in poor condition or disrepair. It may have worn-out or dilapidated furnishings, peeling paint, broken fixtures, or other signs of neglect. It generally lacks cleanliness and shows signs of age and minimal maintenance.
"shabby" means tacky, sloppy. It is used both literally, as an shabby outfit and figuratively, as a shabby excuse or shabby behavior., but I think the latter, figurative meaning is more common.
Scruffy,untidy,ragged,tattered,worn out,threadbare,dilapidated,grungy.
Shabby is an adjective.
Dilapidated is an adjective that means worn out or in poor condition from neglect or age. Example sentences:All of the houses on this street are dilapidated since the twister last year.You can tell a writer by their thesaurus, it's the most dilapidated book on the shelf.She has a whole wardrobe of dilapidated hats.
The shed was so dilapidated that it wasn't worth repairing.
My dilapidated automobile is lovingly called a 'junker'.
The shed was so dilapidated that it wasnt't worth repairing .