schlocky
The word “schlocky” has 2 syllables: schlock-y
It's pronounced as /ˈʃlɑːki/
What is synonym and antonym for schlocky?
In the thesaurus, “schlocky” has 60 synonyms and 14 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for schlocky along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for schlocky
- bad
- bargain-basement
- brummagem
- bum
- cheap
- cheapjack
- cheesy
- coarse
- common
- counterfeit
- crappy
- cut-rate
- el cheapo
- execrable
- fake
- flashy
- garish
- gaudy
- gimcrack
- glitzy
- indifferent
- inferior
- junky
- kitsch
- kitschy
- lackluster
- lousy
- low-grade
- low-rent
- mediocre
- meretricious
- miserable
- ostentatious
- phoney
- phony
- poor
- rotten
- rubbishy
- second-class
- second-rate
- seedy
- shabby
- sham
- shoddy
- showy
- sleazy
- splashy
- supercheap
- swank
- swanky
- tacky
- tawdry
- terrible
- trashy
- trumpery
- ultracheap
- useless
- valueless
- worthless
- wretched
Antonyms for schlocky
- elegant
- excellent
- fine
- first-class
- first-rate
- good
- handcrafted
- handsome
- high-grade
- polished
- refined
- superior
- tasteful
- top-notch
Example Sentences
- The movie was entertaining, but it felt a bit schlocky at times.
- He avoided buying anything from that schlocky souvenir shop.
- The decorations looked too schlocky for such an elegant event.
- Critics dismissed the book as a schlocky attempt at horror.
- She loved old schlocky B-movies for their campy charm.
On this page you'll find 74 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to schlocky, such as: bad, bargain-basement, brummagem, bum, cheap, cheapjack, cheesy.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
Related Words
bad
- abhorrent
- abominable
- abominably
- abomination
- abysmal
- abysmally
- achy
- acrid
- acrimonious
- acute
- addled
- admirable
- adverse
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- aggravating
- aggrieved
- agonized
- ailing
- airsick
- amiss
- anathema
- anguished
- annoying
- appalling
- arch
- atrocious
- atrociously
- atrociousness
- atrocity
- awe-inspiring
- awful
- awfully
- babyish
- badass
- badly
- badness
- baleful
- balefulness
- balky
- baneful
- banned
- bargain-basement
- barred
- base
- bastard
- beastly
- below par
- bilious
- bitchy
- bitter
- black
- blamable
- blameworthy
- bleak
- blemished
- blue
- broken
- brokenhearted
- brummagem
- brutal
- bum
- bush
- bush-league
- cancer
- canker
- careless
- carsick
- cast down
- catty
- caustic
- censurable
- challenged
- cheap
- cheapjack
- cheeky
- cheerless
- cheesy
- childish
- coarse
- comfortless
- common
- condemned
- conscience-stricken
- contagious
- contaminated
- contemptible
- contemptuous
- contrary
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- cool
- corroded
- corrupt
- corrupted
- corruption
- counterfeit
- crappy
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- criminal
- crippled
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- cut-rate
- damaged
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- dark
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- degenerate
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- devilishness
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- down
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- downcast
- downhearted
- dreadful
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- drear
- dreary
- droopy
- egregious
- egregiously
- el cheapo
- elegiac
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- errant
- erring
- erroneous
- evil
- evil-minded
- evildoing
- evilness
- execrable
- execrably
- extreme
- fake
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- fragile
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- from hunger
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- gangrenous
- garish
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- ghastly
- gimcrack
- glitzy
- gloomy
- glum
- gnarly
- god-awful
- godawful
- grand
- grave
- gray
- grey
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- gross
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- half-assed
- halt
- hangdog
- harmed
- harmful
- harsh
- hateful
- hazardous
- headstrong
- heartbroken
- heartsick
- heartsore
- heavyhearted
- heinousness
- hellish
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- hopeless
- horrendous
- horrendously
- horrible
- horribly
- horrid
- horrifically
- hostile
- hurt
- hurtful
- hypochondriac
- hypochondriacal
- icky
- ignoble
- ill
- ill-behaved
- ill-mannered
- ill-natured
- illegal
- immature
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- impaired
- imperfect
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- impish
- impolite
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- inadequate
- inadequately
- inappropriately
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- incomplete
- inconsiderate
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- jealous
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- kitsch
- kitschy
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- lachrymose
- lacking
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- lame
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- lethal
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- loathsome
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- low-minded
- low-rent
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- moldy
- monkeying
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- mournful
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- nonbinding
- nonvalid
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- nugatory
- null
- null and void
- objectionable
- obnoxious
- obscene
- obstreperous
- odious
- odiously
- off
- offensive
- ominous
- on the blink
- opprobrious
- ornery
- ostentatious
- out of sorts
- outlawed
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- peaky
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- prankish
- prejudicial
- prohibited
- proscribed
- puerile
- punk
- putrefied
- putrefying
- putrescent
- putrid
- qualmish
- queasy
- queazy
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- rank
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- rebellious
- recalcitrant
- refractory
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- remorseful
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- risky
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- rot
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- satanism
- saturnine
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- second-class
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- somber
- sombre
- sordid
- sorrowful
- sorry
- sour
- soured
- sourish
- spare
- sparely
- spiteful
- splashy
- spoiled
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- stingily
- stingy
- stinky
- suboptimal
- subpar
- substandard
- sucky
- suicidal
- sullen
- sunk
- supercheap
- swank
- swanky
- symptomatic
- taboo
- tabu
- tacky
- tainted
- tawdry
- tearful
- terrible
- terribly
- thoughtless
- threatening
- tough
- toxic
- transgressing
- trashily
- trashy
- troubled
- troublesome
- troubling
- trumpery
- turned
- ugly
- ultracheap
- unacceptable
- unacceptably
- unauthorized
- unbearably
- unbecoming
- unclean
- uncongenial
- uncontrollable
- uncouth
- under par
- under the weather
- uneasy
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- unfavorable
- unfortunate
- unfriendly
- ungodly
- ungovernable
- unhappy
- unhealthful
- unhealthy
- unholy
- unkind
- unkindly
- unlawful
- unlovely
- unloving
- unmannerly
- unpalatable
- unpleasant
- unpleasing
- unprincipled
- unquiet
- unrighteous
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- unsafe
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- unsatisfactory
- unsavory
- unscrupulous
- unseemly
- unsound
- unspeakable
- unspeakably
- unsuitably
- untoward
- unwelcome
- unwell
- unwholesome
- upset
- upsetting
- useless
- valueless
- venomous
- vexatious
- vexing
- vicious
- vile
- vilely
- vileness
- villainous
- villainy
- vindictive
- virulent
- vitiated
- vitriolic
- void
- vulgar
- vulgarly
- wack
- waggish
- wailing
- wanting
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- weak
- weakly
- weeping
- wicked
- wickedness
- wild
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- willful
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- woeful
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- worried
- worthless
- wretched
- wretchedly
- wrong
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- yukky
warped
- abandoned
- abased
- aberrant
- abnormal
- abused
- accessory
- aching
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- agee
- aggrieved
- agonized
- all torn up
- amiss
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- angled
- angular
- apparent
- arced
- arched
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- askew
- aslant
- asymmetric
- asymmetrical
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- bad
- banded
- barred
- base
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- begrimed
- belied
- below par
- bent
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- bitter
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- blind
- blocked
- botched
- bottom-of-the-barrel
- bowdlerized
- bowed
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- broken
- bruised
- buckled
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- caught
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- clinched
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- clumped
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- cockeyed
- coiled
- colored
- complicated
- confounded
- confused
- conspiratorial
- contaminated
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- cooked
- corrupt
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- cosmetic
- cracked
- cramped
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- curvilinear
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- cutthroat
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- defaced
- defective
- deficient
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- exterior
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- flagitous
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- immature
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- jackleg
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- lessened
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- offended
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- out of order
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- spoiled
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- took down
- top-heavy
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- zealous
- zigzag
coarsely
- X-rated
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- artlessly
- atrocious
- bad
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- bargain-basement
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- blue
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- broken
- brummagem
- bum
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- cawing
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- cheapjack
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- common
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- crassly
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- crude
- crudely
- curtly
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- el cheapo
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- gamy
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- gaudy
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- glitzy
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- grainy
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- kinky
- kitsch
- kitschy
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- knurled
- knurly
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- lascivious
- lewd
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- locker-room
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- lowbrow
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- lumpish
- lumpy
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- roughly
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- rutty
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- salty
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- sandy
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- schlock
- schlocky
- scraggly
- scraggy
- scraping
- scratching
- scratchy
- screeching
- scurrilous
- second-class
- second-rate
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- sham
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- shlock
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