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screwed

SKROOD/skɹuːd/

3 meanings of screwed

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  1. 1
    adjectiveslangmildly vulgar
    In a very bad situation that is hard or impossible to escape.

    Like being stuck in deep mud with no way to pull yourself out.

    If we miss this last train, we're totally screwed.

    He knew he was screwed the moment the teacher saw his empty notebook.

    Similardoomed, finished

    Oppositesafe, fine

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  2. 2
    verb
    Past tense and past participle of screw. Use it for the past, or after has, have, had, is, was or were.

    She screwed the shelf bracket firmly into the wall.

    He screwed the lid back onto the jar before putting it away.

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  3. 3
    adjectivedatedBritish
    Drunk from having too much alcohol to drink.

    Like being so dizzy you can't walk in a straight line.

    By midnight he was completely screwed and could barely stand.

    After three pints at the pub she felt a bit screwed.

    Similardrunk, tight, plastered, sloshed

    Oppositesober

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screwed is a form of screw

screw, verb: To join things together by twisting screws into them. Full entry

Forms
screwscrews he/she/itscrewing -ing formscrewed past tense, past participle
Spelling
screw → screwed: add -ed
Sound
The ending sounds like /d/.

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Origin

From screw plus -ed. In the mid-1600s screw meant to press or force someone, probably from torture tools like thumbscrews, and this led to the sense of being trapped in a bad situation.