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Screw Up (Verb)

Meaning 1

Twist into a strained configuration; "screw up one's face".

Classification

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.

Hypernyms

  • Pull A Face
  • Make A Face

Meaning 2

Screw or turn higher.

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Meaning 3

Make more intense; "Emotions were screwed up".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Synonyms

  • Heat Up
  • Hot Up

Hypernyms

  • Intensify
  • Deepen
  • Compound

Meaning 4

Make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement".

Classification

Verbs of political and social activities and events.

Synonyms

  • Louse Up
  • Fumble
  • Ball Up
  • Bollix Up
  • Bodge
  • Spoil
  • Botch Up
  • Bollocks
  • Muck Up
  • Mess Up
  • Muff
  • Blow
  • Bobble
  • Mishandle
  • Bollocks Up
  • Bungle
  • Botch
  • Flub
  • Fuck Up
  • Fluff
  • Bollix
  • Bumble
  • Foul Up

Hypernyms

  • Fail
  • Go Wrong
  • Miscarry

Related Words

  • Screwup (noun)
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