Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- “Tight”; intoxicated; drunk.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective slang
beset with unfortunate circumstances that seem difficult or impossible to overcome; inimminent danger. - adjective slang, UK intoxicated.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
screw .
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Examples
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I don't want to use the word 'screwed', but I screwed him, Trump continued.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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This is a front page story to TPM - that's what I call screwed up priorities.
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This is a front page story to TPM - that's what I call screwed up priorities.
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This is a front page story to TPM - that's what I call screwed up priorities.
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That way, he knows he's screwed from the moment he's caught.
Holder says no need to read Miranda rights to bin Laden if captured 2010
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Actually, where you get really screwed is not on the textbook, it is on the tuition.
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Face it Kevin screwed up in the last challenge by trying to be arrogant and make a fancy menu that noone could cook correctly.
'Hell's Kitchen' season finale: What'd you think? | EW.com 2009
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January 21st, 2009 at 10: 07 pm how screwed is GenX since they will have to bear the costs of the cleaning up this mess and then be eclipsed by millenials?
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The former only happens in screwed up places like Tibet between brothers.
Polygamy: Facts Not Fear, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Cain and Judas were screwed from the very beginning.
typewritermender commented on the word screwed
adj. "In trouble" ; experiencing misfortune ; out of luck.
"If I don't get to work on time I'm screwed."
June 29, 2009