screw sb up
informal — phrasal verb with screw /skruː/ verbDefinition
› When bad experiences or people screw you up, they make you worried and unhappy or they damage your personality: It really screwed him up when he saw his friend get killed.Science of psychology and psychoanalysisMind and personalityMaking people sad, shocked and upset
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Synonyms and related words:
- aback adverb
- amiss adjective
- appal verb
- be laughing on the other side of your face idiom
- bother verb (WORRY)
- gnaw verb (FEEL WORRIED)
- go/fall to pieces idiom
- grieve verb
- haunt verb (REPEATEDLY TROUBLE)
- hit/touch a (raw) nerve idiom
- horrify verb
- offend verb (UPSET)
- offense noun
- shake sb up phrasal verb
- shake/rock sth to its foundations idiom
- shocker noun
- sorrow verb
- sting verb (HURT)
- take sb aback phrasal verb
- toxic adjective (UNPLEASANT)
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