screwy

screw·y (skr

)

adj. screw·i·er, screw·i·est Slang

1. Eccentric; crazy.

2. Ludicrously odd, unlikely, or inappropriate.

screwi·ness n.

screwy [ˈskruːɪ]

adj screwier, screwiest

Informal odd, crazy, or eccentric

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Adj.

screwy - not behaving normally

screw-loose

colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech

insane - afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement; "was declared insane"; "insane laughter"

Translations

screwy [ˈskruːɪ] ADJ (screwier (compar) (screwiest (superl))) (= mad) → chiflado, tarado(LAm)

screwy [ˈskruːi] adj (= odd, eccentric) → dingue >, cinglé(e) >

screwy

adj (+er) (inf) → verrückt, bekloppt (inf); person → komisch, schrullig; you must be screwy! → du bist wohl bekloppt (inf) → or verrückt!

screwy [ˈskruːɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (fam) (mad) → strambo/a, svitato/a

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batty
insane
loony
MAD
nutty
screw-loose
wacky

A couple screwy conference calls here, a few postponements there and finally things started to fall into place in early 2008 when they hunkered down in the frigid Omaha winter to record demos for their self-titled debut.

Soft attack: monsters of folk put their heads together by Bevan, David / The Fader

Everything that can go wrong goes completely screwy.

WIN; echolive by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)

If the Republicans win the presidential election in November, it may well be said that they won it last night -- the night that John McCain's brilliantly screwy choice for a running mate changed from laughingstock to national star," Shales wrote.

Palin impresses with star performance: US media by AFP / AFP American Edition

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