SCREWED UP Synonyms: 82 Similar and Opposite Words

screwed up

verb

Definition of screwed up next

past tense of screw up

as in fumbled

to make a mistake we all screw up from time to time, so don't sweat it

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as in blew

to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way you've totally screwed up the spreadsheet

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Recent Examples of screwed up The Sens are going to lose their pick for nothing at all, because of how a GM their fans didn’t like screwed up a trade his team wasn’t even involved in. —

Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026 That might be kind of screwed up. —

Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 21 Feb. 2026 That seems like our priorities are screwed up. —

Terry Gross, NPR, 19 Feb. 2026 Kid Rock‘s lip-synch was screwed up. —

Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 10 Feb. 2026 The climate may get screwed up in new ways as scientists attempt to turn the planet’s temperature dial down. —

Christian Elliott, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2026 What Mager is showing here is the difference between kids and adults, the openness and willingness to be bold and confront things head on with matter-of-fact honesty in a world that is being screwed up by their elders and those in charge. —

Pete Hammond, Deadline, 26 Jan. 2026 In a world of near-constant conference realignment and the transfer portal, the annual Red River Rivalry game at the State Fair of Texas is one of the few things the sport hasn’t screwed up. —

Jim Barnes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Oct. 2025 How do things get so screwed up? —

Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2025

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The lawyer suggested the doctors at the Meadows fumbled Spacey’s treatment because their program was geared toward addiction.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2026
The Warriors had a chance to send the game to overtime on the final possession of regulation, but Post, who hit four 3s on the night, fumbled the catch and turned the ball over, leaving the Knicks with the ball as the shot clock expired.

— Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 16 Mar. 2026