screwup
Mistake-prone person
A screwup is a mistake or blunder, or a person who habitually makes them: The launch was a total screwup.
He's the family screwup.
The word is a milder euphemism for fuckup, acceptable in contexts where the stronger word would offend.
Humiliating public failure
- debacleSudden, complete failure
- disasterSudden ruinous event
- catastropheDevastating, large-scale misfortune
- flopComplete commercial failure
collapse · botch · malfunction · misfire · wreck · breakdown · letdown · washout
Foolish, costly mistake
- bungleFail through clumsiness
- botchSpoil through incompetence
- gaffeClumsy social error
- goofMinor foolish error
flub · snafu · blooper · misstep · slipup · foul-up · oversight · lapse
Inept person
- klutzAwkward, graceless person
- incompetentLacking necessary skill
- bumblerHabitually clumsy person
- fumblerOne who mishandles objects
blunderer · loser · failure · fuckup · ne'er-do-well · washout · mess-up · disappointment
Loss of dignity
- shamePainful awareness of failure
- mortificationIntense shame or embarrassment
- chagrinDistress from wounded pride
- disgraceLoss of honor
red-faced · flustered · sheepish · awkwardness · regret · remorse · mea culpa · egg on face
fiasco
Humiliating public failure
- debacleSudden, complete failure
- disasterSudden ruinous event
- catastropheDevastating, large-scale misfortune
flop · collapse · botch · malfunction · misfire · wreck · breakdown · letdown · washout · bust
blunder
Foolish, costly mistake
goof · flub · snafu · blooper · misstep · slipup · foul-up · oversight · lapse · miscalculation
bungler
Inept person
- klutzAwkward, graceless person
- incompetentLacking necessary skill
- bumblerHabitually clumsy person
fumbler · blunderer · loser · failure · fuckup · ne'er-do-well · washout · mess-up · disappointment · underachiever
humiliation
Loss of dignity
- shamePainful awareness of failure
- mortificationIntense shame or embarrassment
- chagrinDistress from wounded pride
disgrace · red-faced · flustered · sheepish · awkwardness · regret · remorse · mea culpa · egg on face · cringe
screwupsuccess
Favorable outcome attained
triumph · perfection · achievement · win · coup
- screwed upMade errors badly
- screwing upFailing through carelessness
- I screwed upAdmission of personal error
- get screwedBe badly cheated
- screwed aroundActed foolishly, idly
- screwing offIdling instead of working
screwed, unscrew, screwball, unscrewed, screw-up, screwing, unscrewing, screwups, screw-ups