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Dictionary: screw·y   (skrū'ē) pronunciation
adj. Slang, -i·er, -i·est.
  1. Eccentric; crazy.
  2. Ludicrously odd, unlikely, or inappropriate.
screwiness screw'i·ness n.

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adjective

    Afflicted with or exhibiting irrationality and mental unsoundness: brainsick, crazy, daft, demented, disordered, distraught, dotty, insane, lunatic, mad, maniac, maniacal, mentally ill, moonstruck, off, touched, unbalanced, unsound, wrong. Informal bonkers, cracked, daffy, gaga, loony. Slang bananas, batty, buggy, cuckoo, fruity, loco, nuts, nutty, wacky. Chiefly British crackers. Law non compos mentis. Idioms: around the bend, crazy as a loon, mad as a hatter, not all there, nutty as a fruitcake, offout ofone's head, off one's rocker, of unsound mind, out of one's mind, sick in the head, stark raving mad. See sane/insane.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: (informal) not behaving normally
  Synonym: screw-loose


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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - skør, snoet, gnieragtig, halvfuld

Nederlands (Dutch)
zonderling, aangeschoten

Français (French)
adj. - cinglé

Deutsch (German)
adj. - verrückt

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - λοξός, παράλογος

Italiano (Italian)
bizzarro, bizzoso, psicolabile

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - louco (m), gasto (m), fantástico (m)

Русский (Russian)
не в своем уме, чокнутый, странный, скупой, экстравагантный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - chiflado, absurdo

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - tokig, helknäpp, galen, mysko, konstig

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
螺旋形的, 怪僻的, 扭曲的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 螺旋形的, 怪僻的, 扭曲的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 나선형의, 미친 듯한, 인색한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - らせん形の, ねじれた, 気が変な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) سخيف, أحمق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מוזר, מטורף, מגוחך‬


 
 
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