screw up

Speech parts

1. screw up - Noun

2. screw up - Verb

3. screw up - Phrase

Meaning

make a mess of, destroy or ruin

make more intense

twist into a strained configuration

screw or turn higher

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

screw-up

Synonyms

bumble muff bungle blow fumble spoil fluff bobble botch bodge mishandle ball up mess up foul up flub
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Antonyms

support further free better help open
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Hypernyms

compound fail screw deepen intensify heighten

Examples

We need to accept that we won't always make the right decisions, that we'll screw up royally sometimes - understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it's part of success. Arianna Huffington

Apologize when you screw up and focus on other people, not on yourself. Randy Pausch

If it's over--if it's really over--then don't let it screw up the rest of your life. Nicholas Sparks

Genius or fool, you don't live in the world alone. You can hide underground or you can build a wall around yourself, but somebody's going to come along and screw up the works. Haruki Murakami

Given enough time humans will screw up Wikipedia just as they have screwed up everything else, but so far it's not too bad. Jimmy Wales

Some people go to bed at night thinking, 'That was a good day.' I am one of those who worries and asks, 'How did I screw up today?' Tom Hanks

Words in the phrase

screw up

Close letter words and terms

screw tight screw top screw tree screw up eyes screw up one's courage screw valve