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Meaning of word screw up from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

Meaning : Make more intense.

Example : Emotions were screwed up.

Meaning : Make a mess of, destroy or ruin.

Example : I botched the dinner and we had to eat out.
The pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement.

Synonyms : ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, spoil

Meaning : Screw or turn higher.

Meaning : Twist into a strained configuration.

Example : Screw up one's face.