 screw_up |
||
| 1. | [ verb ] make more intense | |
| Synonyms: | hot_up heat_up | |
| Examples: | "Emotions were screwed up" |
|
| Related terms: | intensify | |
| 2. | [ verb ] make a mess of, destroy or ruin | |
| Synonyms: | spoil louse_up fuck_up mess_up muck_up flub foul_up blunder bollocks_up mishandle muff bungle blow fumble bollix bobble fluff bollix_up bollocks ball_up botch_up bumble botch | |
| Examples: | "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out" "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement" |
|
| Related terms: | fail blurt_out blunder spoil bungler fluff ballup screwup | |
| 3. | [ verb ] screw or turn higher | |
| Related terms: | screw | |
| 4. | [ verb ] twist into a strained configuration | |
| Examples: | "screw up one's face" |
|
| Related terms: | grimace | |
| Similar spelling: |
screwup screw_pine Schrupp scrub_up screw_bean scarper scarp Scarber Schroepfer scrape_up Scarpa |
|
