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

After learning that Manchester whipped Maggie with a cat-o’-nine-tails, Lizzie agrees to help the Borden family’s maid kill her.

— Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026
That sort of whipped, inswinging ball from Slater that caused so much havoc is hugely familiar to avid Premier League watchers.

— Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of whipped

Verb

Most of these were later destroyed when the family house was bombed during the Lebanese Civil War of 1975.

— Tara Anne Dalbow, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026
In 2025, American and Israeli forces had bombed Iran’s nuclear-enrichment facilities, which Western leaders said were engaged in a decades-long drive to develop a nuclear weapon.

— Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of bombed

Verb

Since the early 2010s, spending per Medicare beneficiary had largely flattened.

— Aric Coffman, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026
In Lois Lowry’s dystopian novel The Giver, a world of human complexity has been flattened deliberately to remove the inconvenient excesses of emotion and feeling.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 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

A week later Eliza and I made it out again after nap time, at dusk, to sample a flaky bun from Seven Stars Bakery with its layers laminated like a croissant and dusted with cinnamon sugar.

— Sean Carlson, Travel + Leisure, 15 Sep. 2026
By the time the final whistle sounded on South Africa’s 29-24 triumph, some supporters and pundits were already saying that this was the real series done and dusted.

— Daniel Gallan, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of dusted

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