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 Numerical markings on the bar show what its total width will be, if both grips are screwed to the same distance. — New Atlas, 23 Oct. 2026 Some Cleveland Guardians fans got screwed by the rain in more ways than one on Friday night. — Ryan Morik Outkick, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026 Permanent flood barriers are anything that gets screwed into the wall or permanently attached to a structure. — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026 Unavoidably the text has been chopped and channeled, with some swapping of parts, bits of narration screwed into dialogue and events described in a paragraph blown out into scenes. — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026 Sometimes a lid isn’t screwed tightly, and your foundation proves its worth all over the inside of your bag. — Carin Ryan, Travel + Leisure, 15 Sep. 2026 Like her, Americans are also so tired of being screwed by an administration that’s not only grossly incompetent and cruel but corrupt as well. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026 The 2022 class feels screwed, not privy to the extra COVID year or the five-in-five for the 2023 athletes. — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 4 Sep. 2026 My husband recently screwed over his business partner by taking significantly more of the profit for himself. — Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 26 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for screwed

Verb

Our congressional districts were among the most distorted in America.

— Larry Hogan, Baltimore Sun, 29 Oct. 2026
Americans may disagree on solutions, but many share the belief that financial incentives have distorted the system beyond recognition.

— Scott Levenson, New York Daily News, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of distorted

Verb

On a map, Newfoundland is a vast, asymmetrical island, cloven by bays and inlets, semi-detached to appendages of land deformed by ancient glaciers scraping over it, leaving glacial striations, grooves and gouges on its granite face.

— Paul Theroux, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026
In other words, two objects are considered topologically identical if they can be deformed into one another without tearing holes in them or gluing them together at any point.

— Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of deformed

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This business, which covers the manufacture and distribution of medical, surgical and lab products (rather than drugs), had faced pressure from tariffs and now is being squeezed by elevated petroleum costs.

— Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2026
Bake potato halves until very tender when squeezed and skin is wrinkled and crisp, 20–25 minutes.

— Kelsey Jane Youngman, Bon Appetit Magazine, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of squeezed

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Two people are facing charges after authorities say an 81-year-old Delaware man was lured to a home in Elkton, Maryland, where he was tortured, assaulted and robbed.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2026
Ng, along with his accomplice Leonard Lake, tortured and killed at least a dozen people at their Calaveras County cabin in the 1980s.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of tortured

Verb

Pushing the jacket to her elbows later on, Roberts revealed softly curled ends, adding a healthy bounce to her blonde layered locks, which were styled by celebrity hairstylist Ryan Trygstad.

— Arushi Jacob, Footwear News, 4 Nov. 2026
Her hair was parted deeply to one side with a portion teased up and curled, similar to how Monroe wore her hair in movies like Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.

— Kara Nesvig, Allure, 3 Nov. 2026

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Stars Nicholas Galitzine, Bill Skarsgard, Raymond Nicholson and Tom Francis as college football stars plucked from the height of their sports careers and into Marine training and the Pacific theater.

— Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2026
Luckily for the man, having all of the adult worms plucked from his orbs meant the infection was over—no antiparasitic medication required, even if some of the larvae had been left behind.

— Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 26 Oct. 2026