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screws up

verb , present tense third-person singular of screw up

Synonyms and Antonyms of screws up

1 to make a mistake

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

Synonyms of screws up

blunders, boobs [British], errs, flubs, fluffs, fouls up, fumbles, goofs (up), louses up, messes (up), slips up, stumbles, trips

Words Related to screws up

bobbles, botches, bungles, butchers, foozles, mangles, mishandles, muffs, murders

miscalculates, misconceives, miscounts, miscues, misdeems, misgauges, misjudges, mistakes

misconstrues, misinterprets, misunderstands

Phrases Synonymous with screws up

drops the ball, lays an egg

2 to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way

you've totally screwed up the spreadsheet

Synonyms of screws up

blows, bobbles, boggles, bollixes (up), boots, botches, buggers (up), bumbles, bungles, butchers, dubs, flubs, fluffs, foozles, fouls up, fumbles, goofs (up), louses up, mangles, messes (up), mucks up, muffs, murders

Words Related to screws up

blunders, gums (up), muddles, piffles

blemishes, blights, damages, flaws, harms, hurts, impairs, injures, mars, mutilates, ruins, spoils, vitiates

destroys, wrecks

mishandles, mismanages

Near Antonyms of screws up

ameliorates, betters, enhances, helps, improves, meliorates, rectifies, refines, reforms, remedies

doctors, fixes, patches, reconditions, renovates, repairs, revamps

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