screwed up
Made a mess
Screwed up describes something badly damaged, ruined, or dysfunctional: The whole system is screwed up.
Applied to people, it suggests psychological or emotional damage: He's pretty screwed up after the divorce.
As a past tense, it means made a serious mistake: I really screwed up this time.
The phrase is mildly vulgar, a softened alternative to fucked up.
Poorly executed, spoiled
- bungledPerformed ineptly, failed
- blunderedMade a clumsy error
- fumbledHandled awkwardly, dropped
- mishandledManaged incompetently
goofed · flubbed · misstep · slipup · gaffe · oversight · miscalculated · misjudged
Utterly destroyed
- destroyedMade to cease existing
- sabotagedDeliberately damaged or destroyed
- derailedThrown off course
- torpedoedHit by naval explosive
sunk · tanked · blown · shot · kaput · finished · done for · toast
Operating incorrectly or failing
- dysfunctionalNot operating properly
- defectiveHaving inherent faults
- bustedApprehended or broken
- kaputSlang for ruined
haywire · glitchy · out of order · on the fritz · broken down · faulty · inoperable · crashed
Poorly adapted socially
- dysfunctionalNot operating properly
- damagedMade worse by injury
- disturbedEmotionally or mentally unsettled
- traumatizedEmotionally damaged by experience
troubled · unstable · neurotic · broken · wounded · scarred · issues · baggage
Lacking systematic arrangement
- disarrayLack of order
- jumbledDisordered, lacking arrangement
- muddledIn a confused state
- confusedUnable to understand
tangled · mixed up · disorganized · topsy-turvy · in shambles · disheveled · cluttered · scattered
botched
Poorly executed, spoiled
mishandled · goofed · flubbed · misstep · slipup · gaffe · oversight · miscalculated · misjudged · mismanaged
wrecked
Utterly destroyed
torpedoed · sunk · tanked · blown · shot · kaput · finished · done for · toast · doomed
malfunctioning
Operating incorrectly or failing
- dysfunctionalNot operating properly
- defectiveHaving inherent faults
- bustedApprehended or broken
kaput · haywire · glitchy · out of order · on the fritz · broken down · faulty · inoperable · crashed · fried
maladjusted
Poorly adapted socially
- dysfunctionalNot operating properly
- damagedMade worse by injury
- disturbedEmotionally or mentally unsettled
traumatized · troubled · unstable · neurotic · broken · wounded · scarred · issues · baggage · hang-ups
disordered
Lacking systematic arrangement
confused · tangled · mixed up · disorganized · topsy-turvy · in shambles · disheveled · cluttered · scattered · askew
- blundersblunder, blunders, blundered, mistakes, botch
- botchedbotched, bungled, fouled up, mucked up, flubbed
- off targetoff target, off-target, off the mark, wide of the mark, wide
screwed upflawless
Entirely without fault
perfect · nailed it · got it right · aced it · succeeded
screwed upworking
In active function
fixed · functioning · in order · intact · operational
screw, screws, screw up, screwed, screwy, unscrew, screwball, screwdriver, screwing