单词 | screwed-up |
释义 | screwed-upadj. colloquial. 1. Chiefly British. Of a person's face, features, or expression: twisted or contorted owing to contraction of the facial muscles, typically resulting from stress, effort, pain, or revulsion. Cf. to screw up 6 at screw v. Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > face with expression or expression > [adjective] > distorted writhen?a1425 girning1447 mowinga1529 writhed1568 mumping1594 antic1595 frowned1598 screwed1609 sour1611 wreathed1645 fluish1674 working1717 screwed-up1728 frownful1771 grimacing1804 quirked1931 1728 Intelligencer No. 8. 3 Thy Screw'd-up Front, thy State Grimace. 1774 J. Granger Suppl. to Biogr. Hist. Eng. 438 The satin cap and formal screwed-up face was..changed for a more natural and unconstrained aspect. 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. I. 205 His face invariably wore a pinched, screwed-up expression. 1850 Fraser's Mag. Aug. 218/2 He put the horn to his mouth again for another flourish; but his wife, with screwed-up eyes, snatched it out. 1901 Chambers's Jrnl. 22 June 477/1 The pain took him again, and he fell back.., with a screwed-up face as white as milk. 1971 B. Head Maru i. 43 He had taken to staring at everyone with intense, screwed-up eyes: ‘Do you get the message? I am terribly important.’ 2015 Advertiser (Austral.) (Nexis) 22 Apr. (Taste section) 41 Grandma used to dish it [sc. corned beef] up..to a table of young and impressionable palates. Our response was always uncertain, mainly with screwed-up noses. 2. Chiefly British. Of paper, fabric, etc.: crumpled or twisted; crushed into a ball. Cf. to screw up 8b at screw v. Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > corrugation > [adjective] > wrinkled or creased > crumpled or rumpled crumpled1535 rumpled1624 rumply1794 scrumpled1813 screwed-up1817 bumfly1887 1817 La Belle Assemblée July 27/2 She was once..caught in disentangling some halfpence from the screwed up paper of a pert shopwoman, to give to a sweeper. 1894 New Rev. Jan. 118 Hester got up and put her little screwed-up ball of a handkerchief in her pocket. 1920 Dyestuffs Sept. 498/1 The color..is applied by means of the tip of a screwed up piece of soft rag. 1983 R. Sutcliff Blue Remembered Hills xii. 91 They..flipped screwed-up toffee papers onto the heads of the orchestra. 2014 M. Parry Rusty & Friends ix. 49 The next hour was spent in vain attempts to say exactly what was needed, and screwed-up pieces of paper soon lay untidily at their feet. 3. Raised or forced to a more intense state or condition; (of nerves) strained. Cf. screw v. 16a(a).In quot. 1924: excessively intricate. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > tension > [adjective] tautc1275 rigid?a1425 high-strung1653 wound-up1788 stretched1799 high-toned1804 overstrung1810 intense1817 tense1821 high-tuned1827 screwed-up1829 twittery1840 high-keyed1848 strung-up1853 strained1863 tensioned1872 twitchy1874 keyed-up1885 tensed1911 uptight1934 wired1970 the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [adjective] > full of or subject to extreme or excessive > exerted by straineda1542 overracked1589 overstrained1599 exerted1675 overtasked1828 screwed-up1829 1829 Examiner 9 Aug. 500/1 Such a horrible cannonade, bouncing, and clattering, as we are doomed to sit out, with screwed-up nerves and wincing ears. 1873 Co-operative News 4 Jan. 666/2 Men in trade..impelled by the highly screwed up spirit of competitive struggle. 1907 E. von Arnim Fräulein Schmidt lxxiv. 372 I don't love you..it makes me tired just to think..of the bother of it, of the perpetual screwed-up condition of mind and body to a pitch above the normal. 1924 F. Hopman tr. J. Huizinga Waning Middle Ages viii. 99 The whole genre of Les Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles..implies, no less than the screwed-up system of courtly love, an attempt to substitute for reality the dream of a happier life. 1960 Soviet Educ. Feb. 56/2 His screwed-up nerves could not stand any more: he rushed headlong into the bathroom and, looking around frightened, locked himself in. 2003 J. Beverley St. Raven xxii. 236 Dread tangled with screwed-up tension, making her want to scream. 4. colloquial (originally U.S.). a. Spoiled, esp. by being badly managed or handled; messed up, ruined. Also: confused, mistaken. Cf. to screw up 10a at screw v. Phrasal verbs 1, screwed adj. 6a. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > [adjective] confusec1384 yblent1426 intermellé1487 farraginary1538 puddled1559 confused1576 promiscuous1579 pell-mell1584 ravelleda1586 mingle-mangle1589 rumblingc1598 skimble-skamble1598 huddle1601 plundered1601 promiscual1602 jumbled1611 promiscous1656 bedevilled1755 helter-skelter1785 muddly1829 hugger-mugger1840 wildered1853 pied1870 deurmekaar1871 mixed-up1888 screwed-up1942 snafu1942 scrambled1951 untogether1969 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > [adjective] uncouthc897 uncertaina1325 non-certaina1425 unsurec1445 incertaina1492 uncert1543 ancipitous1652 unsecure?a1685 equivocal1769 problematical1770 screwed-up1942 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > [adjective] > damaged mangledc1400 shendedc1400 vitiate?a1475 appaired1475 wrack1487 maggleda1522 manka1522 mankeda1522 spiltc1540 massacred1590 through-galled1594 spoiled1598 flawed1608 impaired1611 damaged1771 scathed1791 waterlogged1795 spoilt1816 wrecked1818 injured1857 marred1870 buggered-up1893 messed-up1909 puckerooed1919 dinged1920 trashed1926 mucked-up1930 sheg-up1941 buggered1942 screwed-up1942 mucked-about1966 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > [adjective] unrightlyeOE leasea900 falsec1175 untruec1370 untruefulc1380 erroneousc1400 fallacec1400 wrongc1420 unsubstantialc1455 wrongfulc1470 unrighteous1507 improper1531 perverse1531 mistaken1540 square1549 truthless1568 uncorrect1568 misconceiveda1612 errorous1633 swervinga1638 tralatitious1645 out of the way1676 wrongous1768 aberrated1834 aberrational1837 unsubstantiated1837 unevidenced1842 non-realistic1882 unsubstantiate1890 screwed-up1942 disauthentic1960 1942 C. R. Bond Jrnl. 22 Jan. in T. Anderson Flying Tiger's Diary (1984) iii. 77 It was a completely screwed up mission. 1967 L. Forrester Girl called Fathom xiii. 158 The Capitán is correct to call this ‘a screwed up situation’. 1975 J. E. Levy Cesar Chavez v. iv. 254 The guy's leg was swollen up, and it was blue, and it was really screwed up. 1980 Times 22 Mar. 5/5 This total fantasy about them [sc. ancient societies] being basically modern scientists is really screwed up. 2002 Entertainm. Weekly 20 Sept. 72/1 This good little film about a rich kid's badly screwed-up life. b. Of a person: in trouble. Also (now chiefly): exhibiting or characterized by emotional or psychological instability; damaged; disturbed. Cf. to screw up 10b at Phrasal verbs 1, screwed adj. 6b. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > [adjective] yblenta1225 amazed?c1225 wory?c1225 mingedc1275 willc1300 distracta1340 confounded1362 confuse1362 distraitc1374 whapedc1374 wilsomea1375 poseletc1390 distraught1393 perplexa1425 wildc1440 wiltc1440 dodemusydc1450 mistedc1450 unclearc1475 mazed1493 perplexeda1500 traversablea1500 mazyc1525 entangled1561 muddy?1571 distraughted1572 moidered1587 wondering1592 puzzled1598 plundered1601 distracted1604 uncollected1613 wildered1642 turbid1647 tosticated1650 fuddled1656 pixie-led1659 puzzling1692 bumbazed1720 maffled1820 obfuscated1822 confused1825 muddly1829 mystified1833 maze1842 obfusticatedc1844 head-scratching1849 clueless1862 flustery1862 befogged1868 deurmekaar1871 mosy1887 skewgee1890 buggered-up1893 confusticated1898 smock-ravelled1904 messed-up1913 screwed-up1943 hung up1945 lost1967 gravelled- the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > [adjective] > insanity or madness > affected with woodc725 woodsekc890 giddyc1000 out of (by, from, of) wit or one's witc1000 witlessc1000 brainsickOE amadc1225 lunaticc1290 madc1330 sickc1340 brain-wooda1375 out of one's minda1387 frenetica1398 fonda1400 formada1400 unwisea1400 brainc1400 unwholec1400 alienate?a1425 brainless1434 distract of one's wits1470 madfula1475 furious1475 distract1481 fro oneself1483 beside oneself1490 beside one's patience1490 dementa1500 red-wood?1507 extraught1509 misminded1509 peevish1523 bedlam-ripe1525 straughta1529 fanatic1533 bedlama1535 daft1540 unsounda1547 stark raving (also staring) mad1548 distraughted1572 insane1575 acrazeda1577 past oneself1576 frenzy1577 poll-mad1577 out of one's senses1580 maddeda1586 frenetical1588 distempered1593 distraught1597 crazed1599 diswitted1599 idle-headed1599 lymphatical1603 extract1608 madling1608 distracteda1616 informala1616 far gone1616 crazy1617 March mada1625 non compos mentis1628 brain-crazed1632 demented1632 crack-brained1634 arreptitiousa1641 dementate1640 dementated1650 brain-crackeda1652 insaniated1652 exsensed1654 bedlam-witteda1657 lymphatic1656 mad-like1679 dementative1685 non compos1699 beside one's gravity1716 hyte1720 lymphated1727 out of one's head1733 maddened1735 swivel-eyed1758 wrong1765 brainsickly1770 fatuous1773 derangedc1790 alienated1793 shake-brained1793 crack-headed1796 flighty1802 wowf1802 doitrified1808 phrenesiac1814 bedlamite1815 mad-braineda1822 fey1823 bedlamitish1824 skire1825 beside one's wits1827 as mad as a hatter1829 crazied1842 off one's head1842 bemadded1850 loco1852 off one's nut1858 off his chump1864 unsane1867 meshuga1868 non-sane1868 loony1872 bee-headed1879 off one's onion1881 off one's base1882 (to go) off one's dot1883 locoed1885 screwy1887 off one's rocker1890 balmy or barmy on (or in) the crumpet1891 meshuggener1892 nutty1892 buggy1893 bughouse1894 off one's pannikin1894 ratty1895 off one's trolley1896 batchy1898 twisted1900 batsc1901 batty1903 dippy1903 bugs1904 dingy1904 up the (also a) pole1904 nut1906 nuts1908 nutty as a fruitcake1911 bugged1920 potty1920 cuckoo1923 nutsy1923 puggled1923 blah1924 détraqué1925 doolally1925 off one's rocket1925 puggle1925 mental1927 phooey1927 crackers1928 squirrelly1928 over the edge1929 round the bend1929 lakes1934 ding-a-ling1935 wacky1935 screwball1936 dingbats1937 Asiatic1938 parlatic1941 troppo1941 up the creek1941 screwed-up1943 bonkers1945 psychological1952 out to lunch1955 starkers1956 off (one's) squiff1960 round the twist1960 yampy1963 out of (also off) one's bird1966 out of one's skull1967 whacked out1969 batshit1971 woo-woo1971 nutso1973 out of (one's) gourd1977 wacko1977 off one's meds1986 the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > unstable or unbalanced alienated1529 unsettleda1616 unhinged1732 fucked-up1865 unpoised1872 disturbed1904 screwed-up1943 fouled-up1953 dicked-up1967 fucked1971 screwed1984 1943 Yank 26 Nov. 4/3 Oh, Lord, he thought, whatever I do, I'm a screwed-up sheep. 1974 E. Brawley Rap (1975) ii. xviii. 308 I grew up on army bases all over the world. I'm one of your typical screwed-up army brats, I guess. 1984 D. Barry Babies & Other Hazards Sex iv. 27/1 Every single person born during the 40s, 50s, or 60s is really screwed up. 2011 N. Taylor Signs Life 89 Some woman who was ‘trying to find herself’ through a series of screwed-up relationships. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1728 |
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