SCREWED Synonyms: 85 Similar and Opposite Words

screwed

verb

past tense of screw

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 Is this guy just saying we were screwed before, and we're still screwed now, just with more velocity? — Rj Friedman, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026 Thus, the outright majority of American voters, the Independents, get royally screwed again in favor of folks who represent about a quarter of Americans, thanks to the Supreme Court’s decision. — Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 6 July 2026 Last year, Katz filmed a video of his new protégé shucking oysters, chopping wood, swinging kettlebells, and speaking directly to the camera in a muddy sweatshirt about how the oligarchy had screwed their beloved state. — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026 With Dumb Money, also directed by Gillespie, Rogen played businessman Gabe Plotkin, who got screwed in the GameStop stock drama. — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 26 June 2026 Now, Greg is screwed because, one week in, everyone is having a great time. — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 18 June 2026 No matter who ends up on the Iron Throne, the common people get screwed. — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 15 June 2026 Each of the asymmetrical stones used in the brooches, which were individually polished and finished, were cut specifically for the drawing of the creation with 18-karat yellow gold prongs screwed in to protect the fragile stone tableaus. — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 12 June 2026 For the employees, such as my previous career as a film composer, we are screwed. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 June 2026

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But this may be distorted by its stake in AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2026
Even after the team deliberately distorted the geometry, the one-way transport remained remarkably stable.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of distorted

Verb

Many of the characters are deformed in some way, though Williams does not adopt the language of disability to describe their particular experiences.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 July 2026
By watching and analyzing how the soft fingers deformed, the AI could tell the difference between touching sand and touching the pen, estimate the pen’s location, and guide the gripper to lift it out.

— Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 20 July 2026

Definition of deformed

Verb

Tournament football isn’t generally conducive to pressing, with so many matches squeezed into such a short window, and without the cohesion that comes from club sides training together for months.

— Michael Cox, New York Times, 22 July 2026
My problem is the kart path along the road has 3 or so feet of grass between it and the road, then suddenly the grass narrows and is eventually gone before going over the bridge and everything is squeezed together.

— Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of squeezed

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Dandara dos Santos was tortured and beaten to death by a group of twelve people, who eventually tossed her body in a wheelbarrow, shot her, and posted a video of the crime on social media.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 July 2026
Yes, Emmett Till, the 14-year-old Black boy who was abducted, tortured and lynched in Mississippi in 1955 after a White woman accused him of making an advance toward her.

— Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 July 2026

Definition of tortured

Verb

With one hour to collect their gear and pack the school bus taking them to Miami Gardens, the kids hustled to get ready to make their World Cup debut.

— Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 11 July 2026
Angela George The program's pacing and energy feel hustled this evening as organizers try to make up for two hours lost because of storms earlier in the day.

— Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 3 July 2026

Definition of hustled

Verb

For an additional pop of color, Cardi wore her hair in an icy blue bob that was parted to the side and curled under at the ends.

— Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 27 July 2026
Carol Blair was found curled in the fetal position in a bedroom, shot three times in the back of the head, the investigator said in court.

— Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 26 July 2026

Definition of curled

Verb

The clip, plucked out of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, spread like wildfire through the digital landscape.

— Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
His presentation for the pavilion consisted of a single work by the artist and former Olympic sailor Charles Lim Yi Yong, a twenty-foot-tall buoy that the artist plucked from the Singapore sea.

— News Desk, Artforum, 24 July 2026