screwier; screwiest
1
: very absurd, eccentric, or unusual
a screwy idea
screwy logic
screwy weather
Goldstein realized something was screwy when he went online the next day and looked at his [bank] accounts.—
David Lazarus
David LazarusIf you're like me, you're thinking, "No way. There's something screwy with that survey." It seems to defy conventional wisdom.—Jeff Hawkes
Jeff Hawkes2
: lacking reason or mental soundness
Human beings are a screwy bunch. We'll go to any length to fit an artificial idea of what we ought to be, even if it means confusing ourselves and everyone else in the bargain.—Robert Kirby
Robert Kirby
screwiness
noun
Synonyms
Examples of screwy in a Sentence
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
In Election Betting Markets After First Presidential Debate Sometimes the data on a particular report look screwy.
—Bill Conerly, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
The facts surrounding Perry’s demise are screwy from the start, with each new revelation just adding to the whole dreadful unreal only-in-Hollywood-maybe tilt and swerve.
—Erik Hedegaard, Rolling Stone, 1 Sep. 2024
Besides that behavior, the thread is full of all sorts of reports of Google's VPN program getting screwy with the Windows DNS settings.
—Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 2 Apr. 2024
People who worked with psychedelics seem to have been especially adroit at projecting authoritative normality while conducting some very screwy and sometimes quite sinister business behind the scenes.
—Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024
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Bill Conerly, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
The facts surrounding Perry’s demise are screwy from the start, with each new revelation just adding to the whole dreadful unreal only-in-Hollywood-maybe tilt and swerve.
—Erik Hedegaard, Rolling Stone, 1 Sep. 2024
Besides that behavior, the thread is full of all sorts of reports of Google's VPN program getting screwy with the Windows DNS settings.
—Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 2 Apr. 2024
People who worked with psychedelics seem to have been especially adroit at projecting authoritative normality while conducting some very screwy and sometimes quite sinister business behind the scenes.
—Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024
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“Screwy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/screwy. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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screwy
adjective
screwier; screwiest
1
: oddly different and unfamiliar
knew something was screwy
2
informal
: lacking reason or mental soundness
completely screwy people
screwiness
noun
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