SCREWED Synonyms: 85 Similar and Opposite Words

screwed

verb

past tense of screw

as in distorted

to twist (something) out of a natural or normal shape or condition screwed up his face at the taste of the medicine

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as in cheated

to rob by the use of trickery or threats managed to screw his siblings out of their share of the inheritance

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Recent Examples of screwed Some Cleveland Guardians fans got screwed by the rain in more ways than one on Friday night. — Ryan Morik Outkick, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026 Permanent flood barriers are anything that gets screwed into the wall or permanently attached to a structure. — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026 Unavoidably the text has been chopped and channeled, with some swapping of parts, bits of narration screwed into dialogue and events described in a paragraph blown out into scenes. — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026 Sometimes a lid isn’t screwed tightly, and your foundation proves its worth all over the inside of your bag. — Carin Ryan, Travel + Leisure, 15 Sep. 2026 Like her, Americans are also so tired of being screwed by an administration that’s not only grossly incompetent and cruel but corrupt as well. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026 The 2022 class feels screwed, not privy to the extra COVID year or the five-in-five for the 2023 athletes. — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 4 Sep. 2026 My husband recently screwed over his business partner by taking significantly more of the profit for himself. — Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 26 Aug. 2026 The hardest physical part was actually taking down the old blinds, which had been screwed tightly into the window frame years prior. — Scott Kramer, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

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Americans may disagree on solutions, but many share the belief that financial incentives have distorted the system beyond recognition.

— Scott Levenson, New York Daily News, 18 Oct. 2026
Working from a plus-size model’s body as her starting point for pattern-making, silhouettes were subsequently distorted, creating a second layer that appeared to slip and warp around the body.

— Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of distorted

Verb

On a map, Newfoundland is a vast, asymmetrical island, cloven by bays and inlets, semi-detached to appendages of land deformed by ancient glaciers scraping over it, leaving glacial striations, grooves and gouges on its granite face.

— Paul Theroux, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026
In other words, two objects are considered topologically identical if they can be deformed into one another without tearing holes in them or gluing them together at any point.

— Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of deformed

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Yet profits have still been squeezed as jet fuel prices surged roughly 90% since the US-Israeli war on Iran began in February, forcing several major carriers to cut earnings forecasts.

— Reuters, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026
Meanwhile, free cash flow at another budget carrier, JetBlue Airways, remains severely squeezed by elevated jet fuel prices.

— , CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of squeezed

Verb

Quickly, the house lights come up, and Lay and family are hustled backstage to get reacquainted.

— Joan Kron, Allure, 28 Sep. 2026
Her mother hustled her to hospital, only for the doctors to realize Accurso’s active imagination had left her in the same predicament as Madeline’s friends.

— CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of hustled

Verb

The top layers were pulled back and away from her face, then pinned behind her ears to show off major diamond earrings, and the lengths were loosely curled.

— Kara Nesvig, Allure, 19 Oct. 2026
Ten seconds into the game, Gray curled off the right wing and took a pass from teammate Jordin Canada at the top of the key.

— Lauren Williams, AJC.com, 19 Oct. 2026