ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Screwface

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Screwface is a noun meaning (African-American Vernacular, Jamaica, MLE, slang) A contorted facial expression of anger, frustration, or aggression.

Meaning

(African-American Vernacular, Jamaica, MLE, slang) A contorted facial expression of anger, frustration, or aggression.

More Meanings

  1. (slang, African-American Vernacular, transitive, intransitive) To make a screwface (at someone).

Example Sentences

“Oh, and tell your girl to stop giving me the screwface.”
Klinsmann had to know from observing the cranky screwface Dempsey displayed in public that this was no moonbeam of a player.
When it’s done, I leave the lecture theatre screwfacing anyone who tries watching me and they look away quicktime and no one says nothing.
She put on a screwface—an unfriendly facial contortion that denotes anger and frustration—then broke into the chant of a popular reggae protest song.

Word Forms

Synonyms for screwface

Depending on context, synonyms include grimace.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include shitface, cockface, screw, fuckface, scumface, screwee.

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