English Explanatory Dictionary

screwup

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A substantial mistake, usually causing problems for more people than just the person or group who made it.
  2. A person who often makes substantial mistakes; a bungler.
  3. A person who is mentally or emotionally damaged.

Word forms

screwup screwups screw-up

Etymology

Deverbal from screw up.

Synonyms

fuckup aberration bloomer blooper blunder boner boo-boo break clanger cock-up error fault faux pas floater flub fluff gaffe goof howler inaccuracy lapse lapsus mess-up misstep mistake oopsy screwup slip slip-up slipup stumble thinko wrength solecism erroneity alcatote auf botcher bumbler bungler blunderer blunderhead butterfingers chucklehead clodhopper dauber duffer dumbshit fumblefingers fumbler galoot gaum gawk gobaloon goon gype trapes klutz lomperd looby
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