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as in bizarre
different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion
the counterfeit bills are poorly done and would look screwy to even the untrained eye
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as in psychotic
having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind
I was accosted on the downtown street by a woman who seemed to be a bit screwy in the head
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Recent Examples of screwy
People who worked with psychedelics seem to have been especially adroit at projecting authoritative normality while conducting some very screwy and sometimes quite sinister business behind the scenes.
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Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024
In a screwy year like this, who knows what's going to happen?
—Mark Anderson, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2024
There's something decidedly screwy about Adele, and Louise comes to realize that there are supernatural forces at work.
—Danny Horn, EW.com, 24 Jan. 2024
In the previous four series matchups, excluding the screwy 2020 season, FSU had outscored New Mexico 151-23.
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—Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Nov. 2023
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Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024
In a screwy year like this, who knows what's going to happen?
—Mark Anderson, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2024
There's something decidedly screwy about Adele, and Louise comes to realize that there are supernatural forces at work.
—Danny Horn, EW.com, 24 Jan. 2024
In the previous four series matchups, excluding the screwy 2020 season, FSU had outscored New Mexico 151-23.
12.
—Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Nov. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for screwy
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Red One seemed like a bizarre experiment, some sort of action film-adjacent Santa Claus movie starring Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans that almost seemed to be a sort of parody of itself.Paul Tassi, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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Her material consists of tales of her bizarre upbringing, highly unconventional family, and filterless confessions of her time on this filthy planet.Matt Grobar, Deadline, 17 Dec. 2024
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The counselor also told police Trotman had had a previous psychotic break in which he was found wandering the woods.Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2023
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Lewis prescribed Price anti-psychotic medication after a mental health referral Sept. 1.Thomas Saccente, Arkansas Online, 17 Jan. 2023
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That was such a weird sensation—to just have paper towels stuffed deep in your skin.Julia Ries, SELF, 11 Dec. 2024
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Danny Boyle and Alex Garland are returning after 22 years to make 28 Years Later, though the original film, 28 Days Later, has remained one of cinema’s weirdest modern days stories.Paul Tassi, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Your voice is insane.Mary Colurso | mcolurso@al.com, al, 4 Apr. 2023
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The Republican and right-wing reaction is just insane.Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 31 Mar. 2023
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At the time, federal law gave the Bureau a strange grab bag of investigative duties, ranging from interstate prostitution to antitrust violations.Beverly Gage, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2024
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When Sandy goes missing, the line between reality and game blurs and Conor must venture into the strange world of OBEX to bring her home.Peter Debruge, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
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Idiot glee is a kind of sheer joy at the mad fact of the world.Sean Illing, Vox, 9 Dec. 2024
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But neither doctors nor group therapy can see beyond a confused and maybe slightly mad person.Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
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An Instax camera snaps photos throughout the night, the shots progressively funnier the more nog is consumed.Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
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Crandell, the Harvard physiatrist, is a funny, brainy, and upbeat clinician who treats people with amputations in the Spaulding Rehabilitation Center, a building overlooking Boston Harbor.Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
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With his shock of spiky hair and adrenaline rushes, Smith turns a corporate villain into a lunatic new-wave frontman.Charles McNultyTheater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2023
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The first personality is the lunatic, chaotic artist, with no limits.John Bleasdale, Variety, 8 Dec. 2022
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“Screwy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/screwy. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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