kerflooey

The word “kerflooey” has 3 syllables: ker-floo-ey

It's pronounced as /kərˈflu.i/


What is synonym and antonym for kerflooey?

In the thesaurus, “kerflooey” has 52 synonyms and 13 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for kerflooey along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for kerflooey

  • bankrupt
  • bonkers
  • broken
  • busted
  • collapsing
  • declining
  • defective
  • destroyed
  • disabled
  • down
  • failed
  • failing
  • fallen apart
  • faulty
  • flopping
  • flunking
  • folding
  • futureless
  • gone to pieces
  • haywire
  • hopeless
  • in disrepair
  • in need of repair
  • in the shop
  • inauspicious
  • inoperable
  • kaput
  • kaputt
  • malfunctioning
  • no-good
  • not functioning
  • not working
  • on the blink
  • on the bum
  • on the fritz
  • on the shelf
  • out
  • out of commission
  • out of kilter
  • out of order
  • out of whack
  • ruined
  • run down
  • shot
  • slipping
  • slumping
  • spent
  • unpromising
  • unsuccessful
  • waning
  • washing-out
  • wrecked

Antonyms for kerflooey

  • booming
  • coming
  • flourishing
  • going
  • growing
  • palmy
  • promising
  • prosperous
  • roaring
  • robust
  • successful
  • thriving
  • triumphant

Example Sentences

  • The old printer suddenly went kerflooey in the middle of printing important documents.
  • Just when everything seemed to be going smoothly, the computer system crashed and went kerflooey.
  • The carefully planned event went kerflooey when unexpected rain poured down.
  • The car's engine went kerflooey right in the middle of the highway, causing a major traffic jam.
  • Despite his efforts to fix it, the washing machine went kerflooey and flooded the laundry room.

On this page you'll find 65 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to kerflooey, such as: bankrupt, bonkers, booming, broken, busted, collapsing, coming.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

malfunctioning

fallen apart

  • addled
  • bonkers
  • broken
  • broken down
  • broken up
  • busted
  • choked
  • coming unstuck
  • contaminated
  • corrupted
  • cracked
  • crumbled
  • curdled
  • dead
  • decayed
  • declined
  • decomposed
  • defective
  • defiled
  • degenerated
  • descended
  • deteriorated
  • dilapidated
  • disabled
  • disintegrated
  • down
  • faulty
  • feeble
  • fermented
  • festered
  • fouled
  • gone
  • gone off the deep end
  • gone to pieces
  • gone to seed
  • haywire
  • imperfect
  • in disrepair
  • in need of repair
  • in the shop
  • inoperable
  • inoperative
  • kaput
  • kerflooey
  • lost it
  • melted down
  • molded
  • moldered
  • mortified
  • not functioning
  • not working
  • on the blink
  • on the fritz
  • on the shelf
  • out
  • out of commission
  • out of kilter
  • out of order
  • out of whack
  • perished
  • polluted
  • putrefied
  • rotted
  • ruined
  • run down
  • run to seed
  • rusted
  • screwed-up
  • shot
  • soured
  • spent
  • spoiled
  • spoilt
  • sunk
  • tainted
  • turned
  • turned off
  • unsatisfactory
  • weak
  • withered
  • wracked
  • wrecked

washing out

  • bankrupt
  • blanching
  • bleaching
  • blenching
  • bombing
  • breaking
  • brightening
  • burning out
  • busting
  • collapsing
  • coming a cropper
  • coming to grief
  • coming up empty
  • crashing
  • cratering
  • crumbling
  • debilitating
  • declining
  • decolorizing
  • deluging
  • destroyed
  • dimming
  • doing in
  • doing up
  • douching
  • dousing
  • dowsing
  • draining
  • drenching
  • dulling
  • dying on the vine
  • enervating
  • enfeebling
  • engulfing
  • etiolating
  • exhausting
  • fading
  • fagging
  • failed
  • failing
  • falling flat
  • falling short
  • fatiguing
  • flaming out
  • flooding
  • flopping
  • floundering
  • flowing
  • flunking
  • flushing
  • folding
  • foundering
  • frazzling
  • frosting
  • futureless
  • going under
  • gushing
  • harassing
  • hopeless
  • hosing
  • imploding
  • inauspicious
  • inundating
  • irrigating
  • kaput
  • kaputt
  • kerflooey
  • killing
  • knocking out
  • laying an egg
  • lightening
  • matting
  • miscarrying
  • misfiring
  • missing
  • no-good
  • outwearing
  • paling
  • rinsing
  • ruined
  • rushing
  • sapping
  • saturating
  • self-destructing
  • silvering
  • sinking
  • skidding
  • slipping
  • sloshing
  • sluicing
  • slumping
  • snowing
  • soaking
  • splashing
  • streaming
  • striking out
  • struggling
  • swamping
  • tanking
  • tiring
  • unpromising
  • unsuccessful
  • waning
  • washing
  • wasting
  • weakening
  • wearing
  • wearing out
  • wearing to a frazzle
  • wearying
  • whitening
  • whitewashing
  • wrecked

failed

  • abortive
  • acted up
  • atrocious
  • average
  • bad
  • bankrupt
  • bombed
  • broke
  • broke down
  • broken
  • busted
  • came a cropper
  • came to grief
  • came up empty
  • chagrined
  • cheated
  • collapsed
  • collapsing
  • crashed
  • cratered
  • crumbled
  • cut out
  • decayed
  • deceived
  • declined
  • declining
  • defaulted
  • defeated
  • deficient
  • degenerated
  • deluded
  • depleted
  • destitute
  • destroyed
  • deteriorated
  • died
  • died on the vine
  • disappointed
  • disappointing
  • disastrous
  • discontented
  • disenchanted
  • disgruntled
  • disillusioned
  • displeased
  • disregarded
  • dissatisfied
  • distressed
  • doomed
  • drooped
  • emaciated
  • execrable
  • exhausted
  • faded
  • failing
  • fell flat
  • fell short
  • fizzled
  • flagged
  • flamed out
  • flopped
  • flopping
  • floundered
  • flunked
  • flunking
  • foiled
  • folded
  • folding
  • foreclosed
  • forgot
  • foundered
  • fruitless
  • futile
  • futureless
  • gave out
  • hopeless
  • ignored
  • ill-fated
  • imploded
  • impoverished
  • in Chapter 11
  • in Chapter 13
  • in receivership
  • in the red
  • inadequate
  • inauspicious
  • indebted
  • ineffective
  • ineffectual
  • inferior
  • insolvent
  • jammed
  • kaput
  • kaputt
  • kerflooey
  • lacking
  • lagged
  • laid an egg
  • languished
  • let down
  • losing
  • lost
  • low-grade
  • malfunctioned
  • mediocre
  • miscarried
  • misfired
  • missed
  • missed out on
  • mocked
  • neglected
  • no-good
  • normal
  • omitted
  • on the rocks
  • ordinary
  • out of business
  • out of money
  • overlooked
  • overpassed
  • passed over
  • poor
  • pretermitted
  • ran down
  • representative
  • rotted
  • ruined
  • sagged
  • sank
  • second-class
  • second-rate
  • self-destructed
  • skidded
  • skipped
  • slid
  • slighted
  • slipped
  • slipping
  • slumped
  • slumping
  • spent
  • sputtered
  • stalled
  • strapped
  • struck out
  • struggled
  • substandard
  • sunk
  • taken to the cleaners
  • tanked
  • tapped out
  • thwarted
  • typical
  • unavailing
  • unbalanced
  • undone
  • unlucky
  • unproductive
  • unpromising
  • unsatisfactory
  • unsuccessful
  • upset
  • useless
  • vain
  • vile
  • waned
  • waning
  • washed out
  • washing-out
  • weakened
  • went
  • went under
  • wheezed
  • wilted
  • wiped-out
  • withered
  • wore out
  • worthless
  • wrecked
  • wretched
  • yielded

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