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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
  • Appropriated from a John Cale album, the title accurately describes scenes of bloodletting committed by bizarre, scenery-chewing yakuza members, and the energy hovers somewhere around a bloodier-than-baseline Takashi Miike movie from the mid-2000s.
    — Vadim Rizov, Variety, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Her family and church life remained opaque, but her bizarre comedic timing and magnetic onscreen presence turned her into everyone’s favorite reality-TV anti-hero.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of bizarre
Adjective
  • The resulting film is somehow weirder, wondrous, and more wistful than what even that logline suggests.
    — Zachary Lee, IndieWire, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The kind of weird minutiae that only nerds pull out of old archives.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of weird
Adjective
  • In a small town, several dead people are brought back to life through a strange ritual involving burning duck manure.
    — Katherine Brodsky, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Back outside, the strangest part of the scene might have been how normal everything seemed to the people wearing crimson and blue.
    — Taylor Eldridge, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of strange
Adjective
  • On paper, the script didn’t seem that funny, and the looseness of it all — the clowning, the lack of a traditional plot structure — seemed kind of slapdash.
    — Victor Garber, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The play touches on issues of male bonding, family, reentering the dating pool, loss, grief and despair, while being very funny almost all the time.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of funny
Adjective
  • Moon Knight was one of 17-some-odd shows Marvel developed and released under Disney’s streaming mandate, which began in 2018.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The veterinary team at the center has plenty of experience dealing with odd animal cases.
    — Neal Riley, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of odd
Adjective
  • During this year’s crossing, the PC13 developed erratic steering around the halfway point, which Oshen believes may have been caused by excessive friction in the rudder.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The 24-year-old goalie often struggled with inconsistency in an erratic 2025-26 season.
    — Max Bultman, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of erratic
Adjective
  • The fact that here on Earth the same amount of time lapses for two people between a separation and reunion gives us a peculiar intuition about temporality—an intuition that does not work elsewhere.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The episode also illustrates the peculiar hazards of an underground band suddenly becoming music business bait.
    — SPIN Staff, SPIN, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of peculiar
Adjective
  • Though the element is more abundant than gold, the timing is curious.
    — semafor.com, semafor.com, 17 Sep. 2026
  • An Alternate Route If your kid falls into that horror-curious category, there’s actually an easy try-out available.
    — Jesse Hassenger, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of curious

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“Screwy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/screwy. Accessed 22 Sep. 2026.

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