SCREWING Synonyms: 91 Similar and Opposite Words

screwing 1 of 2

noun

as in deformation

the twisting of something out of its natural or normal shape or condition you'll regret the constant screwing of your face—someday it's going to freeze in that position!

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screwing

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verb

present participle of screw

as in distorting

to twist (something) out of a natural or normal shape or condition screwed up his face at the taste of the medicine

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as in squeezing

to rob by the use of trickery or threats managed to screw his siblings out of their share of the inheritance

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Recent Examples of screwing

Noun

For simple screwing tasks, the bits can be placed in a bit slot at one end of the tool, which can then be pivoted to either side and locked in position as needed. — New Atlas, 24 Feb. 2026 Bland policy proposals without a narrative explaining who is getting screwed and who is doing the screwing will not work. — ABC News, 18 Jan. 2026

Verb

The screwworm gets its name from the maggots’ habit of burrowing — or screwing — into a wound, according to the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. — Fabiola Sánchez, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2026 There’s a storyline in season two about AI being employed at the hospital, then screwing everything up when the system goes down. — Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 11 Aug. 2026 The breeze was screwing with the sound system, and the temperature dropped abruptly. — Lily Goldberg, Pitchfork, 26 June 2026 America’s favorite sport is not football, or soccer, but screwing over sports fans, which is why FIFA should hold its World Cup in the United States permanently. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 June 2026 At least Mercedes is reverting back to screwing things together rather than gluing things in a back-to-basics manufacturing push. — Joel Feder, The Drive, 11 June 2026 The screwworm gets its name from the maggots' habit of burrowing — or screwing — into a wound, according to the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. — CBS News, 8 June 2026 Put the stopper back in the sink before re-screwing the pivot nut, horizontal rod, and sliding your under sink items back into place. — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 8 May 2026 Finally, the professional will install hangers to reinforce your gutters before screwing the mesh guard on top. — Faith Wakefield, USA Today, 4 May 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for screwing

Noun

The condition may have caused pain and produced a deformation or swelling on her chest.

— Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
This was done using a mixture of radar that measured surface deformation, engineering surveys, boreholes made at the sites, and independent seismic data.

— John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of deformation

Verb

But the current state of geopolitics appears to be distorting what being open means.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026
China’s aircraft engineers have warned that artificial intelligence could feed false data into military intelligence, potentially distorting the design and operation of advanced weapons.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of distorting

Verb

In the distance, a toddler in a matching Nike outfit literally leaped into the arms of a crying woman, perhaps a grandmother, squeezing tightly for a hug.

— Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 30 Aug. 2026
The floods will likely change that outlook, squeezing a country that’s heavily dependent on tourism while forcing a costly period of reconstruction.

— Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of squeezing

Noun

Leverage, funding fragility and severe distortions in capital allocation can do far more lasting economic damage than modest deviations of inflation or employment from target.

— Joao Gomes, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026
Its long-excursion driver, separate tweeter, and dual passive bass radiators deliver massive, distortion-free sound that easily fills outdoor spaces.

— Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of distortion

Verb

In this case, the reward was solving the ExploitGym questions and the hacking was literally hacking—cheating on the test and then hacking into Hugging Face in an effort to cover up the cheating (more on that below).

— Emily Forlini, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
The Model 3 and Model Y adopted less elaborate press-and-pivot handles, helping give the cars their clean, wind-cheating profiles.

— Peter Lyon, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of cheating

Verb

For instance, InSAR finds where something is changing, laser scanning shows how a structure is deforming, and GPR investigates what may be happening underneath it.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026
How are prices set, and how do those prices avoid reproducing the procedural bias already deforming American medicine?

— Sachin H. Jain, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

Definition of deforming

Verb

Besides Instagram hustling and scouring job boards, entrepreneurial editors find gigs when creators call out for help.

— Andrew Zucker, HollywoodReporter, 7 Aug. 2026
Devers, who finished with three hits, eschewed his power for small ball in the fifth, laying down a surprise bunt for a single, then hustling home on Susac’s sacrifice fly.

— Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 31 July 2026