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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Recent Examples of screwy
In Election Betting Markets After First Presidential Debate Sometimes the data on a particular report look screwy.
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Bill Conerly, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
The facts surrounding Perry’s demise are screwy from the start, with each new revelation just adding to the whole dreadful unreal only-in-Hollywood-maybe tilt and swerve.
—Erik Hedegaard, Rolling Stone, 1 Sep. 2024
Besides that behavior, the thread is full of all sorts of reports of Google's VPN program getting screwy with the Windows DNS settings.
—Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 2 Apr. 2024
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.
—Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024
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Bill Conerly, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
The facts surrounding Perry’s demise are screwy from the start, with each new revelation just adding to the whole dreadful unreal only-in-Hollywood-maybe tilt and swerve.
—Erik Hedegaard, Rolling Stone, 1 Sep. 2024
Besides that behavior, the thread is full of all sorts of reports of Google's VPN program getting screwy with the Windows DNS settings.
—Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 2 Apr. 2024
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.
—Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for screwy
Adjective
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Sony and Microsoft and the PC world can keep playing the cutting-edge hardware competition while Nintendo luxuriates in its bizarre boutique silo, unbothered, moisturized, in its lane, consistently content with winning its own solo race.—
Mitch Wallace,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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President Donald Trump shared a bizarre meme Saturday morning depicting himself and Vice President JD Vance chasing former President Barack Obama in an altered photo from O.J. Simpson’s infamous white Bronco police chase.—
Muri Assunção,
New York Daily News,
26 July 2025
Adjective
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The Earrings of Madame de… is a weird morality tale—heavy on dramatic irony, and EXCELLENT dresses.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
1 Aug. 2025
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Because this is college football, there are lots of weird details.—
Jason Kirk,
New York Times,
1 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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So, the strange powder got a chemical foot in the door.—
David Szondy
August 02,
New Atlas,
2 Aug. 2025
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No other high-profile footballer in the world has followed such a strange career arc, one that for at least two years has been leading him, circuitously but inexorably, to Saudi Arabia.—
Liam Twomey,
New York Times,
2 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Chuck Lorre is back with yet another laugh-out-loud funny show to add to his TV universe.—
Carson Blackwelder,
People.com,
31 July 2025
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When something bad happens, five seconds later, something funny in life happens.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
31 July 2025
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The ever-changing face of modern gin has birthed many styles to pique the palate of the gin aficionado—or anyone partial to the odd G&T.—
Camille Berry,
Vogue,
15 July 2025
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Depicted as short and animalistic in the comics, the tall, hunky Jackman seemed like an odd fit, but his interpretation of the retractable-clawed superhero is now definitive in mainstream popular culture.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
14 July 2025
Adjective
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The fire was 26% contained — its maximum level so far — this past weekend, but worsening weather conditions this week have triggered erratic fire behavior and lowered its containment level considerably.—
Mary Gilbert,
CNN Money,
1 Aug. 2025
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Efforts are being made by lawmakers to boost housing and provide more affordability in the erratic market.—
Nick Mordowanec,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Perhaps this explains the peculiar tone of so much NPR content that seems both memoir-like and sermonic at once.—
Matthew Carey Salyer,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
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The rocket deployed its primary passenger, Kosmos 2589, into a peculiar orbit hugging the equator and ranging between approximately 20,000 (12,500 miles) and 51,000 kilometers (31,700 miles) in altitude.—
Robert Pearlman,
ArsTechnica,
11 July 2025
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But there is a curious asterisk to this part of the story: As the original plane returns to Washington, another red Vega waits in relative obscurity.—
Laurie Gwen Shapiro,
Smithsonian Magazine,
29 July 2025
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At $55, this is boundary-pushing whisky for the curious drinker who wants something beyond the usual suspects.—
Hudson Lindenberger,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
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“Screwy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/screwy. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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