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单词 screwy
释义

screwy

adjective

ˈskrü-ē How to pronounce screwy (audio)
screwier; screwiest
1
: crazily absurd, eccentric, or unusual
2
: crazy, insane
screwiness noun

Synonyms

  • bizarre
  • bizarro
  • cranky
  • crazy
  • curious
  • eccentric
  • erratic
  • far-out
  • funky
  • funny
  • kinky
  • kooky
  • kookie
  • odd
  • off-kilter
  • off-the-wall
  • offbeat
  • out-of-the-way
  • outlandish
  • outré
  • peculiar
  • quaint
  • queer
  • queerish
  • quirky
  • remarkable
  • rum [chiefly British]
  • spaced-out
  • strange
  • wacky
  • whacky
  • way-out
  • weird
  • weirdo
  • wild
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Example Sentences

I knew something was screwy. the counterfeit bills are poorly done and would look screwy to even the untrained eye
Recent Examples on the Web State tax revenues are bound to decline in this screwy economy. George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2022 Even if the concept seems screwy, someone is definitely watching this show, which has remained in the top 10 for quite a while at this point. Paul Tassi, Forbes, 4 July 2022 It’s a planning fallacy based on screwy positive self-perception. Heather Hansman, Outside Online, 24 Nov. 2020 What’s more, the screwy structure of succession in this realm essentially guarantees murderous tensions within the royal family. Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2022 Third, there seems to be some screwy, non-GAAP accounting going on inside the walls of this highly unprofitable business. Aubrie Pagano, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2021 Marissa Cooper, the beautiful and damaged daughter of a screwy, wealthy family on The O.C., was always something of a tragic figure. Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 19 May 2021 Speaking of four notes: The first four of the Twilight Zone theme — those screwy, dizzying intervals — are lodged in our brains. Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 19 Apr. 2021 Things have gotten so screwy, censuring has become a coat of honor. Nick Canepa Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Feb. 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1887, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

screwy

adjective

ˈskrü-ē How to pronounce screwy (audio)
screwier; screwiest
1
: oddly different and unfamiliar
2
: crazy sense 1

screwy

adjective

1
as in bizarre
different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion the counterfeit bills are poorly done and would look screwy to even the untrained eye

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • bizarre
  • weird
  • strange
  • funny
  • odd
  • erratic
  • peculiar
  • curious
  • crazy
  • remarkable
  • unusual
  • abnormal
  • eccentric
  • wacky
  • quirky
  • whacky
  • unique
  • funky
  • bizarro
  • offbeat
  • kooky
  • wild
  • outré
  • weirdo
  • kinky
  • outlandish
  • outrageous
  • unconventional
  • quaint
  • off-kilter
  • cranky
  • off-the-wall
  • queer
  • extraordinary
  • uncommon
  • fantastic
  • fantastical
  • kookie
  • queerish
  • far-out
  • freaky
  • freak
  • outstanding
  • way-out
  • freakish
  • out-of-the-way
  • rum
  • flaky
  • aberrant
  • rare
  • noticeable
  • spaced-out
  • atypical
  • shocking
  • prominent
  • striking
  • phenomenal
  • idiosyncratic
  • conspicuous
  • baffling
  • puzzling
  • notable
  • atrocious
  • perplexing
  • phantasmagoric
  • singular
  • bewildering
  • salient
  • unorthodox
  • confounding
  • unwonted
  • uncustomary
  • phantasmagorical
  • mystifying
  • nonconformist
  • addlepated
  • crotchety
  • nonmainstream
  • out-there

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • normal
  • typical
  • usual
  • ordinary
  • standard
  • commonplace
  • average
  • unremarkable
  • prosaic
  • routine
  • conservative
  • everyday
  • conventional
  • familiar
  • predictable
  • garden
  • unexceptional
  • common
  • run-of-the-mill
  • workaday
  • conformist
  • regular
  • expected
  • frequent
  • customary
  • habitual
  • knee-jerk
  • wonted
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2
as in insane
having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind I was accosted on the downtown street by a woman who seemed to be a bit screwy in the head

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • insane
  • psychotic
  • mad
  • lunatic
  • nuts
  • crazy
  • maniacal
  • gaga
  • mental
  • paranoid
  • maniac
  • haywire
  • strange
  • disturbed
  • crazed
  • wacky
  • bonkers
  • psycho
  • whacky
  • deranged
  • wacko
  • cracked
  • unbalanced
  • unhinged
  • demented
  • daft
  • nutty
  • kooky
  • odd
  • loony
  • irrational
  • daffy
  • paranoidal
  • cuckoo
  • bedlam
  • eccentric
  • whacko
  • batty
  • ballistic
  • around the bend
  • depressed
  • scatty
  • looney
  • barmy
  • foolish
  • certifiable
  • brainsick
  • unreasonable
  • crackpot
  • bughouse
  • moonstruck
  • unsound
  • obsessed
  • bats
  • loco
  • crackbrained
  • crackers
  • cranky
  • kookie
  • out to lunch
  • loony tunes
  • loopy
  • meshuga
  • distraught
  • off
  • balmy
  • frantic
  • distracted
  • fruity
  • oddball
  • meshugah
  • fey
  • schizoid
  • wud
  • looney tunes
  • meshugge
  • neurotic
  • schizophrenic
  • touched
  • meshuggah
  • hysterical
  • disordered
  • aberrant
  • out of one's mind
  • delusional
  • off one's rocker
  • non compos mentis
  • queer
  • off one's gourd
  • delirious
  • sociopathic
  • dotty
  • delusionary
  • off one's head
  • paranoiac
  • out of one's head
  • tetched
  • pixilated
  • nuclear
  • hysteric
  • berserk
  • paranoic
  • obsessive-compulsive
  • amok
  • witless
  • bananas
  • teched
  • potty
  • pixillated
  • senseless
  • ape
  • fixated
  • monomaniacal
  • amuck
  • frenzied
  • raving
  • monomaniac
  • wigged-out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • sane
  • reasonable
  • sound
  • balanced
  • normal
  • clear
  • rational
  • wise
  • sensible
  • uncrazy
  • compos mentis
  • lucid
  • judicious
  • healthy
  • well-adjusted
  • unneurotic
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