Associations to the word «Screwed»

Wiktionary

SCREWED, adjective. (slang) beset with unfortunate circumstances that seem difficult or impossible to overcome; in imminent danger.
SCREWED, adjective. (slang) (British) intoxicated.
SCREWED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of screw
SCREWED THE POOCH, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of screw the pooch (slang) (To have screwed up or to have made a mistake.)
SCREWED UP, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of screw up
SCREWED UP, adjective. (of a piece of paper) Having been screwed into a ball.
SCREWED UP, adjective. (idiomatic) (colloquial) Broken, damaged, inoperative or having only partial functioning, especially by inept handling.
SCREWED UP, adjective. (idiomatic) (colloquial) Having psychological problems; being mentally distraught.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats