screwed
Attached by twisting
Screwed is the past tense of screw in all its senses.
Something screwed is fastened with screws.
Someone who screwed had sex.
Screwed also means cheated or ruined: We got screwed on the contract.
If they find out, we're screwed.
The word is vulgar but milder than fucked, which it euphemizes.
Damaged beyond recovery
- finishedBrought to an end
- hopelessBeyond possibility of success
- done forRuined beyond repair
- toastHeated bread; glass-raising honor
sunk · cooked · hosed · kaput · wrecked · destroyed · cursed · condemned
Defrauded or overcharged
- connedDeceived for gain
- swindledDeceived for gain
- deceivedMisled into false belief
- dupedDeceived into believing
tricked · hustled · fleeced · defrauded · exploited · taken advantage of · shortchanged · bilked
Unable to move
- jammedUnable to move freely
- strandedLeft without means to leave
- corneredUnable to flee
- trappedUnable to escape
embroiled · entangled · predicament · bind · jam · pickle · mess · fix
Fastened or fled suddenly
- securedMade fast or obtained
- anchoredFixed securely in position
- tightenedMade more secure
- attachedJoined to another thing
mounted · affixed · clamped · nailed · pinned · riveted · threaded · torqued
Coerced through exposure threats
- extortedObtained by intimidation
- coercedPressured into compliance
- underminedWeakened by stealth
- exposedOut in open
vulnerable · jeopardized · betrayed · entrapped · pressured · threatened · endangered · weakened
ruined
Damaged beyond recovery
toast · sunk · cooked · hosed · kaput · wrecked · destroyed · cursed · condemned · damned
ripped off
Defrauded or overcharged
duped · tricked · hustled · fleeced · defrauded · exploited · taken advantage of · shortchanged · bilked · gypped
stuck
Unable to move
trapped · embroiled · entangled · predicament · bind · jam · pickle · mess · fix · tight spot
bolted
Fastened or fled suddenly
attached · mounted · affixed · clamped · nailed · pinned · riveted · threaded · torqued · twisted
blackmailed
Coerced through exposure threats
- extortedObtained by intimidation
- coercedPressured into compliance
- underminedWeakened by stealth
exposed · vulnerable · jeopardized · betrayed · entrapped · pressured · threatened · endangered · weakened · sabotaged
- madehandmade, crafted, built, constructed, assembled
- fastening statesfastened, unfastened, locked, unlocked, latched
- British slangblag, bloke, bodge, blagger, bobby
- dupeddeceived, tricked, fooled, conned, swindled
- unfairnessunfair, unjust, biased, unequal, inequitable
- ruinedruined, destroyed, wrecked, demolished, obliterated
- screwed upMade errors badly
- screw upMake a mistake badly
- screwing upFailing through carelessness
- screw youCrude dismissive expletive
- screw itDismissive resignation phrase
- screw threadHelical ridge for fastening
screw, screws, screw up, unscrew, screwball, screwdriver, screwing, unscrewing, unscrews