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
Harper is thrilled, Whitney is screwed.
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Meg Walters, Glamour, 2 Mar. 2026
You just got screwed over by a duo!
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Feb. 2026
If a healthy player sits, the millionaires are fine and the fans get screwed.
—Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Feb. 2026
They are typically screwed into the snow and often cemented in by water that turns to ice.
—Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2026
Smaller version of the quakes at home Think of a plastic water bottle filled to the rim with the cap firmly screwed on.
—Tammie Souza, CBS News, 7 Feb. 2026
Was Tony Kiritsis really screwed out of a legitimate business deal?
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 5 Feb. 2026
Basically, our government helped the rich get richer while working families got screwed.
—Ana María Archila, New York Daily News, 30 Jan. 2026
That doesn’t mean you’re screwed if your job is highly repetitive.
—Korin Miller, SELF, 23 Jan. 2026
Meg Walters, Glamour, 2 Mar. 2026
You just got screwed over by a duo!
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Feb. 2026
If a healthy player sits, the millionaires are fine and the fans get screwed.
—Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Feb. 2026
They are typically screwed into the snow and often cemented in by water that turns to ice.
—Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2026
Smaller version of the quakes at home Think of a plastic water bottle filled to the rim with the cap firmly screwed on.
—Tammie Souza, CBS News, 7 Feb. 2026
Was Tony Kiritsis really screwed out of a legitimate business deal?
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 5 Feb. 2026
Basically, our government helped the rich get richer while working families got screwed.
—Ana María Archila, New York Daily News, 30 Jan. 2026
That doesn’t mean you’re screwed if your job is highly repetitive.
—Korin Miller, SELF, 23 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for screwed
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Not access distorted by opaque algorithms and market forces that concentrate the power in the hands of the few.—
Marta Balaga,
Variety,
26 Mar. 2026
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Lebohang Morake, the Grammy‑winning South African composer known professionally as Lebo M, is suing a comedian for $27 million, alleging a viral joke about the opening chant of The Lion King distorted the meaning of the song and damaged his life’s work.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
26 Mar. 2026
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Teddy, specifically, has also cheated death on the series several times.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Mar. 2026
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Indigenous people have been cheated through laws such as are operated in Nigeria today.—
Noo Saro-Wiwa,
The Dial,
24 Mar. 2026
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The mountains themselves are too deformed to hold hydrocarbons.—
Stephanie Pappas,
Scientific American,
6 Mar. 2026
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Hadi tells an engaging story, brings complex and surprising characters to life, lends a locale an aesthetic iconography, and renders personal identity inextricable from the forces of history that shaped or deformed it.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2026
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And almost all traffic goes through two main shipping lanes that are even more squeezed.—
Annette Choi,
CNN Money,
27 Mar. 2026
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More than 22,000 oranges are squeezed, and hundreds of gallons of drinks are poured, all for opening day.—
Caroline Foreback,
CBS News,
26 Mar. 2026
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The Aquarion sale has had a long and tortured regulatory history, having been first proposed during a bitter, years-long standoff between the utility industry and former PURA Chairman Marissa Gillett.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
25 Mar. 2026
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But Saleh has carved out a unique place for himself as an avatar for restrained, tortured, and resilient Arab male dignity.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
24 Mar. 2026
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The dads and sons hustled to a nearby dirt patch.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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Minnesota pulled even in the fourth when Byron Buxton hustled home on sacrifice fly by Josh Bell.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
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Not only is this location remote and hard to reach, but curled rattlesnakes and tarantulas lurk in nooks.—
Madison Chapman,
Outside,
25 Mar. 2026
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Her hair was curled into subtle Old Hollywood waves by Rena Calhoun using products from Hair Rituel by Sisley Paris and tools from Mane.—
Kara Jillian Brown,
InStyle,
16 Mar. 2026
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Some songs here have been plucked from Robyn’s back catalog and given a dusting up for the 2020s.—
Molly Mary O’Brien,
Pitchfork,
27 Mar. 2026
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Come down from your tower for a steak, some seafood plucked from Gulf waters, a martini.—
Elazar Sontag,
Washington Post,
26 Mar. 2026
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