SCREWING Synonyms: 91 Similar and Opposite Words

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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

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 Screwworm gets its name from the maggots’ habit of burrowing — or screwing — into a wound, according to the USDA. — Jeffrey Collins, Fortune, 9 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 team studied aerodynamic performance, airflow transitions, stability and structural deformation.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 2026
Chanard and her colleagues used high-resolution satellite measurements to track ground deformation and groundwater levels in the Sacramento Valley from 2016 to 2022.

— Alula Alderson, Sacbee.com, 2 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

Squeeze your glutes, engage your core and drive your heels into the floor to raise your hips up to the ceiling while gently squeezing the ball.

— Andee Tagle, NPR, 15 Aug. 2026
Google hasn't explained the cut, but the timing lines up with the same memory and AI infrastructure costs squeezing pricing across the entire industry this year.

— Janhoi McGregor, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of squeezing

Noun

The issue may not be intentional distortion, but differences in how data is captured, processed and reported.

— Claudio Laterreur, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026
While commercially well received, it was criticized for its lack of attention to detail and distortion of historical facts.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of distortion

Verb

Arabella’s adoptive mother, Leticia McCormack, and her parents, Adella and Stanley Tom, were arrested three months later and accused of torturing the young girl to death.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026
Working off a few vague details, Bret begins to imagine a link between Robert and a serial killer known as the Trawler, who has been abducting and torturing young women around Los Angeles.

— Leo Lasdun, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of torturing

Verb

Princeton University dropped its over century-old Honor Code tradition which let students take their exams without supervision, after an AI cheating scandal rattled the Ivy League institution.

— Frank Landymore, Futurism, 13 Aug. 2026
This led to rival Phoenix Union players calling them criminals and making accusations of cheating during a 1913 football game.

— Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of cheating

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