Synonyms: screw up
Definition: twist into a strained configuration
Usage: screw up one's face
Similar words: grimace, make a face, pull a face
Definition: contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state
Usage: He grimaced when he saw the amount of homework he had to do
Synonyms: heat up, hot up, screw up
Definition: make more intense
Usage: Emotions were screwed up
Similar words: intensify, heighten, deepen, compound
Definition: make more intense, stronger, or more marked
Usage: The efforts were intensified, Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her; Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness; This event only deepened my convictions
Synonyms: screw up
Definition: screw or turn higher
Similar words: screw
Definition: turn like a screw
Synonyms: flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, ball up, spoil, screw up, mishandle, muck up, muff, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle
Definition: make a mess of, destroy or ruin
Usage: I botched the dinner and we had to eat out; the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement
Similar words: fail, miscarry, go wrong
Definition: be unsuccessful
Usage: Where do today's public schools fail?; The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably