screwy

adjective

ˈskrü-ē How to pronounce screwy (audio)
Definition of screwynext
as in bizarre
different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion the counterfeit bills are poorly done and would look screwy to even the untrained eye

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Recent Examples of screwy In screenwriters Alexandre Rockwell and Tim Kissel’s screwy scenario, filmmaker wannabee Adolpho Rollo (Steve Buscemi) places a classified ad in a New Jersey rag offering his 500-page spec script for sale. — Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 13 Jan. 2026 In Cat’s Cradle, Vonnegut tweaks this trope to fit his signature, screwy black comedy. — M. L. Rio, The Atlantic, 19 Nov. 2025 Pricing for five or fewer devices is a little screwy. — PC Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025 In the screwy arithmetic of my mind, more time meant more aspiration. — Dan Leach july 3, Literary Hub, 3 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for screwy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for screwy
  1. bizarre
  2. weird
  3. strange
  4. funny
  5. odd
  6. erratic
  7. peculiar
  8. curious
Adjective
  • Personnel limitations may have hurt both sides of the ball, but the Ravens have made some bizarre calls on offense and defense during a four-game losing streak.
    — Mike Preston, Baltimore Sun, 8 Nov. 2026
  • In a bizarre turn of events, on Wednesday November 4th, New York City’s Queens Public Library (QPL) system, which operates 66 branches, experienced an attack on its online networks by a hacker.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of bizarre
Adjective
  • In a weird osmosis, the Broncos have become the poster child for getting help from referees after that claim being pinned on the Chiefs for years.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 11 Nov. 2026
  • What a weird thing to introduce for a gag scene, then completely forget about!
    — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of weird
Adjective
  • Talk about strange beginnings at Friday’s City Section Division I football playoff opener between Sun Valley Poly and host Marshall.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2026
  • And having one of those is as strange and terrifying as anything else in the universe.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of strange
Adjective
  • Set in the future, on the coast of Kent, this unsettling yet funny sci-fi story is about a man who discovers something very strange and seemingly sentient on the beach.
    — Namara Smith, New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Only, there’s nothing funny about the show Tampa Bay is watching now, one that might not include Nikita Kucherov for much longer.
    — Eduardo A. Encina, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of funny
Adjective
  • He was considered odd, super-smart with a photographic memory, and yet different.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2026
  • For Karis, an officer for four years, one odd item that topped the list was a microwave oven with a raw turkey or chicken.
    — Meena Thiruvengadam, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of odd
Adjective
  • Experts are warning Connecticut motorists to stay alert as the chances of colliding with deer are greatest during the final months of the year as white-tail deer mating season makes the animals more erratic and dangerous.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Meanwhile, neither of these games appears to have been optimized for the M5 Ultra's 80 GPU cores within the Mac Studio desktop, hence the erratic comparative results throughout.
    — Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of erratic
Adjective
  • Mayfield emerged with a quarterback stat line that would have looked peculiar even in football’s leather-helmet era.
    — Francesca Ebel, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The prosecution, a rare Department of Justice criminal case against a former employee, revisits a tangled and peculiar saga that roiled the final weeks of the 2020 race.
    — Eric Tucker, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of peculiar
Adjective
  • The protagonist, Michael, whose Chinese identity has been eroded by successive generations, is desperately curious about Kun’s dad.
    — Marta Balaga, Variety, 5 Nov. 2026
  • But woodpeckers don’t live in Hawaii, where biologists are investigating a curious bird that takes up a similar ecological niche—with its own unique twist.
    — Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of curious

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“Screwy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/screwy. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.

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