1
as in distorted
to twist (something) out of a natural or normal shape or condition
screwed up his face at the taste of the medicine
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as in cheated
to rob by the use of trickery or threats
managed to screw his siblings out of their share of the inheritance
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Recent Examples of screwed
Got screwed when the referee missed an obvious blow to the head that gave the Pats a field goal.
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Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Jan. 2026
Cameramen everywhere are getting screwed by Hudson Williams’s favorite pose, the double-bird.
—Vulture Editors, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2026
If Jay had said no, I would have been screwed.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 28 Dec. 2025
For safety reasons, the battery box in a unicorn toy is hidden or screwed into place.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 3 Dec. 2025
And, as usual, the people with the fewest resources will get screwed.
—Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, Time, 4 Nov. 2025
No matter what Robert does, he’s totally screwed.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2025
This is an innocent guy who’s getting completely screwed, to use some legal vernacular, in terms of his career.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
The Broncos got screwed on an interference call that placed the ball on the 1-yard line.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for screwed
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Here’s everything to know about her mental health history and the religious influence that allegedly distorted her beliefs.—
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However, the government shutdown, which halted data collection, may have distorted the results.—
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Bondi forgave a crime that had put people’s lives at risk and cheated the government of vaccine doses that could have been given to others.—
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The tension resurfaced when her sister discovered her partner had cheated again and asked to stay at the poster’s home with both children.—
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American bases built inside the ice sheet, such as Camp Century, were quickly crushed as the encasing snow deformed.—
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One of those difficulties was figuring out how to square the minimal and highly refined designs of Mies and Johnson with the raw and sometimes deformed materials salvaged from RedBird.—
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At one point, the fear that squeezed my stomach tighter and tighter gave way to stupefaction.—
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Even if those increases eventually unwind, the impact will fall on households that have already been squeezed for decades, and many households are no longer assuming prices will fall back—they’ve been burned too often.—
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Many of the men had been beaten, while women were raped and children were tortured.—
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The Golden Globes have a history as convoluted and tortured as the ceremony is glitzy and wasted.—
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Mountain View Fire Rescue hustled to get to a fire caused by a power pole that blew down.—
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My mother—an incredible single mom of four kids—just hustled.—
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Brontë shared a video on her Instagram of her daughter Zelly, who was curled on the couch chowing down on a frozen bag of breast milk.—
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Edebiri wore a face-framing layer curled over her forehead for an Art Deco effect, with a few flippy layers at her ends to add movement.—
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While Marty Supreme is only loosely inspired by Reisman, there are several sequences and character details plucked from his life.—
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Arsene Wenger was plucked from ‘Japan’, as Sir Alex Ferguson memorably enunciated it, in 1996.—
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“Screwed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/screwed. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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