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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(slang, mildly vulgar) Beset with unfortunate circumstances that seem difficult or impossible to overcome; in imminent danger..
They found out about our betrayal, so now we're screwed.
"[…] Did you know that my husband came home intoxicated?" Mrs. Brown laughed. "Oh, not so bad as that, surely! Only a little 'screwed.' George was 'quisby,' too. But then its Christmas, you know."
Besides they were dreadfully afraid that Freddy Malins might turn up screwed. They would not wish for worlds that any of Mary Jane's pupils should see him under the influence; […]
He screwed the boards together tightly.
I got screwed at the swap meet yesterday.
1641, Richard Chambers (merchant), quoted in Hannis Taylor, The Origin and Growth of the English Constitution: An Historical Treatise, Part II: The After-Growth of the Constitution, H.O. Houghton & Company (1889), p. 274, […] merchants are in no part of the world so screwed as in England. In Turkey, they have more encouragement.
Use screwed when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Screwed means (slang, mildly vulgar) Beset with unfortunate circumstances that seem difficult or impossible to overcome; in imminent danger..
Common synonyms include fucked, dicked, shagged, drunk.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
They found out about our betrayal, so now we're screwed.
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