Synonyms of screwing

screwing 1 of 2

noun

as in deformation

the twisting of something out of its natural or normal shape or condition

you'll regret the constant screwing of your face—someday it's going to freeze in that position!

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deformation
• distortion
• torturing
• deformity
• warping
• contortion
• misshaping
• squinching
• disfigurement
• defacement
• malformation

screwing

2 of 2

verb

present participle of screw

1

as in distorting

to twist (something) out of a natural or normal shape or condition

screwed up his face at the taste of the medicine

Synonyms & Similar Words

• distorting
• torturing
• deforming
• contorting
• curling
• warping
• misshaping
• squinching
• disfiguring
• defacing
• winding
• spiralling
• spiraling
• coiling
• looping
• wrenching
• twining
• wringing
• wresting
• wreathing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• straightening
• uncurling
• unbending

• straightening
• uncurling
• unbending

2

as in squeezing

to rob by the use of trickery or threats

managed to screw his siblings out of their share of the inheritance

Synonyms & Similar Words

• squeezing
• cheating
• plucking
• sticking
• hustling
• beating
• stinging
• doing
• defrauding
• tricking
• victimizing
• bleeding
• reaming
• deceiving
• fleecing
• stiffing
• diddling
• shortchanging
• swindling
• conning
• bilking
• chiseling
• suckering
• chiselling
• fiddling
• exploiting
• shorting
• hosing
• rooking
• mulcting
• fooling
• betraying
• gaffing
• cozening
• skinning
• shaking down
• nobbling
• extorting
• ripping off
• euchring
• thimblerigging
• wrenching
• chousing
• gouging
• doing in
• flimflamming
• taking for a ride
• milking
• clipping
• skunking
• taking to the cleaners
• overcharging
• nicking
• soaking
• duping
• selling a bill of goods to
• wringing
• wresting
• bitching
• gulling
• double-crossing
• bamboozling
• roping (in)
• fast-talking