SHELLACKED Synonyms: 126 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in lacquered

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verb

past tense of shellac

as in whipped

to defeat by a large margin the local football team was shellacked 35-0 in their final outing for the season

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Recent Examples of shellacked

Adjective

Panthenol, commonly known as provitamin B5, acts as a conditioning humectant to help hair retain moisture and feel softer with a satin (not shellacked) shine. — Polly Blitzer, Glamour, 9 Sep. 2026

Verb

Indiana, winners of nothing, shellacked Alabama, winners of everything. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026 We got shellacked in the last election, right? — Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 26 June 2026 Pamphlets detailing how goods were disinfected prior to sale shellacked an additional veneer of respectability onto the enterprise. — Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 12 June 2026 Roasted potatoes are shellacked with buttery crumbs. — Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 8 June 2026 Their press-ons are shellacked and combat-ready. — Anna Wiener, New Yorker, 4 May 2026 Instead, the union got shellacked. — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026 Slide into a booth and prepare for your taste buds to dance over crusty rosemary and focaccia shellacked with tomato and sea urchin butter, and flaky halibut adorned with marigolds and tangy mushrooms. — Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 5 Jan. 2026 Newsom is a sitting duck waiting to get shellacked. — Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 30 Aug. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for shellacked

Adjective

That brighter hue can be spotted in the lacquered hour and minute hands as well as the central chronograph’s seconds hand and the date disc, while white comes into play on the dial and the minutes track.

— Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 30 July 2026
Smoke uncovered for an additional 30–45 minutes, allowing the glaze to caramelize into a sticky, lacquered finish.

— Staff, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026

Definition of lacquered

Verb

Fire crews scrambled late Saturday as fierce winds whipped flames beyond Canadian Forces Base Wainwright and into the surrounding rural area.

— Rob Gillies, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
Fire crews scrambled late into the night as fierce winds whipped flames beyond Canadian Forces Base Wainwright and into the surrounding rural area.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of whipped

Verb

In an interview with Inside Edition on Tuesday, store owner Adam Rubin said that his store has been review-bombed since Clarkson took to social media and named the store, and employees and surrounding businesses have been harassed.

— Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026
The Houthis bombed the corporate HQ of Saudi Aramco in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday, officials said.

— Jim Edwards, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of bombed

Verb

Instead, the adoption curve has been flattened thanks to products like Muse from Meta and OpenAI’s Dots.

— Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2026
Here, his clumsy, winky, affected, and self-undercutting direction can’t even work the charming Jenna Ortega to a great performance, as her Klara is flattened into a bundle of manic pixie mannerisms both physical and verbal.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of flattened

Adjective

That would be the ultra-plush, ultra-glassy, ultra-nourishing formula with oils like safflower, jojoba, olive, sunflower seed, and castor, as well as two additional, ridiculously flattering shades.

— Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
Inside, a little more than 3,600 square feet of living space is infused with light via banks of glassy French doors.

— Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 5 Sep. 2024

Definition of glassy

Verb

Their light brown or gray bodies are dusted with large freckles, presumably for camouflaging, and their fins are edged in black, as if nature took a Sharpie to outline them.

— Asia London Palomba, Christian Science Monitor, 20 Oct. 2026
This replacement programme hopes to see all six new SSNs done and dusted by 2030.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of dusted

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