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schlocky

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • General-American: /ʃlɑki/
  • Received-Pronunciation, modern: /ˈʃlɒkiː/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈʃlɒkɪ/ older
  • rhymes with -ɒki

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of inferior quality, cheap.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lousy, shoddy, affordable, inexpensive, ass, bad, base, below par, bottom-shelf, BTEC, bum, cheap, cheap and nasty, cheapshit, cheesy, chintzy, coffee-and, crap, crappo, crappy, craptastic, crapperific, craptabulous, craptacular, cruddy, crummy, dogwater, drecky, flimsy, fourth-rate, gash, garbage, god-awful, inferior, low, low-grade, low-quality, low-rent, made in China, mid, naughty, one-star, poor, poor man's, pound-shop, punk, rinky-dink, ropy, rubbish, sad, schlocky, scrubby, second-rate, slazy, slight, slim, subpar, shit, shite, shitty, substandard, ticky-tacky, tenth-rate, third-rate, tin-pot, trash, trashy, under par, woeful, wretched

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Tacky, of tasteless appearance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: crass, kitschy, tawdry, bedizened, blatant, blingish, brash, campy, catchpenny, chichi, chintzy, corny, crude, flashy, flaunting, florid, flossy, froufrou, garish, gauche, gaudy, gay, glaring, gross, gussied up, hideous, kitsch, loud, meretricious, naff, obtrusive, ostentatious, pizazzy, pretentious, ritzy, raffish, schlocky, showy, snazzy, splendiferous, tacky, tasteless, tinselly, too much, trinkety, unbecoming, untasteful, vain, whorish, zesty

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From schlock + -y.