SCREW UP as VERB

  1. Meaning
    • twist into a strained configuration
    Usage Example(s)
    • screw up one’’s face
    Hypernyms(s) screw up is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  2. Meaning
    • make more intense
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • Emotions were screwed up
    Hypernyms(s) screw up is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  3. Meaning
    • screw or turn higher
    Hypernyms(s) screw up is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  4. Meaning
    • make a mess of, destroy or ruin
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • I botched the dinner and we had to eat out
    • the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement
    Hypernyms(s) screw up is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)