screwy

[skroo-ee]

adjective

Slang.

screwier, screwiest 

1. crazy; nutty.

   I think you're screwy, refusing an invitation to the governor's dinner.

2. disconcertingly strange.

   There's something screwy about his story.

3. absurdly peculiar or impractical; ridiculous.

   screwy ideas.

screwy

/ ˈskruːɪ /

adjective

1. informal,  odd, crazy, or eccentric

Word History and Origins

Origin of screwy¹

First recorded in 1810–20; screw + -y ¹

Example Sentences

These buyouts are absurd, an outgrowth of a crazed marketplace and undeniably screwy optics at a state university.

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But Bell is actually too convincing at playing a damaged woman saddled with dialogue that’s only slightly screwier than what we’d encounter in a Lifetime movie.

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But the film’s sense of time feels vague and screwy.

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Finn Russell's screwy kicking performance, in which three potentially decisive conversion shots slipped by, won't escape unnoticed either.

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Daniels and Chase brought more oomph to their characters’ romantic entanglement, which has left Lady Larken happily if inconveniently with child, a springboard for the whole screwy marital plot.

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