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
And then everyone else beyond those 35 million people also get screwed, because when all of that money gets pulled out of the health care system, prices go up for everyone, hospitals close.
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Nik Popli, Time, 26 Sep. 2025
And also just seeing and showing to folks that this corruption shows up in the bills that are passed that are then creating loopholes for special interests while you're getting screwed.
—Jason Lemon, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
That was the famous California ballot initiative Proposition 13, which slashed property taxes by more than 25% and then screwed a tight cap on future rate increases.
—Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 19 Sep. 2025
Elton John accidentally screwed him over at Live Aid.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2025
Many car parts are glued together rather than riveted, screwed, or bolted, and the robots and spray guns that apply those bonding agents need to be cleaned.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 16 Sep. 2025
Bill Skarsgård stars as Kiritsis, a societal outcast who feels he’s been screwed over by the powers that be.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
Raw advertised a live appearance from CM Punk, speaking for the first time since winning the WWE World Heavyweight Championship only to be screwed by Seth Rollins.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Nik Popli, Time, 26 Sep. 2025
And also just seeing and showing to folks that this corruption shows up in the bills that are passed that are then creating loopholes for special interests while you're getting screwed.
—Jason Lemon, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
That was the famous California ballot initiative Proposition 13, which slashed property taxes by more than 25% and then screwed a tight cap on future rate increases.
—Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 19 Sep. 2025
Elton John accidentally screwed him over at Live Aid.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2025
Many car parts are glued together rather than riveted, screwed, or bolted, and the robots and spray guns that apply those bonding agents need to be cleaned.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 16 Sep. 2025
Bill Skarsgård stars as Kiritsis, a societal outcast who feels he’s been screwed over by the powers that be.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
Raw advertised a live appearance from CM Punk, speaking for the first time since winning the WWE World Heavyweight Championship only to be screwed by Seth Rollins.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for screwed
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Instead, his big reveal on Monday offered families distorted science, false hope, and unproven and at times dangerous medical advice.—
Lisa Jarvis,
Mercury News,
25 Sep. 2025
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So much of what our protagonist experiences is distorted through levels of paranoia, hallucination or physical impossibility.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
18 Sep. 2025
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Passed over to his hapless son (Dacre Montgomery), our (anti-)hero wires a shotgun to his head and takes him hostage, claiming that the organization’s business maneuvers cheated him out of a substantial fortune.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
5 Sep. 2025
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The woman lives alone, AFP added, citing local media outlets, and was ultimately cheated out of approximately 1 million yen, or about $6,700.—
Jillian Frankel,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
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Both of the Yunxian skulls were deformed from millennia spent underground, but the second, known as Yunxian 2, was better preserved.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
25 Sep. 2025
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Some of her concerns exist because the pipeline sits in the open water of the Great Lakes and has been damaged multiple times by ship’s anchors, is subject to corrosion, and has been found to be bent and deformed by the extremely powerful currents in the Straits of Mackinac.—
Mike Shriberg,
The Conversation,
22 Sep. 2025
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At those rates, without a significant change in policy or health care costs, the general fund would be squeezed to nearly nothing in the next 15 years, according to an analysis by the governor's Office of State Planning and Budgeting.—
Nick Coltrain,
Denver Post,
22 Sep. 2025
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During the presidency of Richard Nixon, public servants at the DOJ felt squeezed between what the president wanted and what the law required.—
Carrie Johnson,
NPR,
22 Sep. 2025
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Prosecutors said Grimes was beaten to death and tortured, suffering from multiple lacerations to her head, two black eyes, and a broken arm, ribs and nose.—
Christine Pelisek,
PEOPLE,
23 Sep. 2025
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Customers rarely remember the exact response time, unless they were tortured with on-repeat elevator music.—
Tayfun Bilsel,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Agents grabbed one man who appeared to be charging up the driveway, pinned him to the ground and hustled him behind the gate with his hands behind his back.—
Caroline Kubzansky,
Boston Herald,
19 Sep. 2025
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Farnaz Farjam, one of the show’s executive producers, told Deadline that the production hustled to find a way to capture all three elements.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
1 Sep. 2025
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Joveljic curled a low shot inside the near post and into the net.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
28 Sep. 2025
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Dante Sealy curled a free kick from the right half-space into the top right corner to tie the match at 1-1.—
Colin Cerniglia,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Sep. 2025
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Congressional Democrats feel stung by the mass layoffs and program cuts that followed the last stopgap spending deal in March.—
Ronald J. Hansen,
AZCentral.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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At a family gathering in Huntsville, Alabama, I was stung by the divisive image on my 16-year-old relative’s T-shirt.—
Sabrina S. Fu,
Twin Cities,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Screwed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/screwed. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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