screw up

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour désigner le fait de commettre une erreur, de rater quelque chose ou de gâcher quelque chose. Peut aussi signifier froisser ou tordre quelque chose, en altérant sa forme.

A phrasal verb used to indicate making a mistake, causing something to fail, or ruining something. It can also mean to crumple or twist something out of shape.

indénombrable · transitif et intransitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Make a mistakeinformal

   To make a serious error or fail at something.

   Se tromper / faire une erreur

   • I really screwed up the presentation today.
   • He screwed up his chances by arriving late.
   • Don't worry if you screw up; everyone makes mistakes.

   Synonymesblunderbotchbungleerrflubfumblegoofmess upmishandleslip up

   Antonymesprospersucceed

2. Cause emotional distressinformal

   To cause someone to become anxious, confused, or emotionally disturbed.

   perturber psychologiquement

   • The constant criticism screwed him up.
   • Her childhood experiences really screwed her up.
   • The accident screwed up his mental state for months.

   Synonymesagitatediscomposedistressdisturbperturbrattletraumatizeunhingeunsettleupset

   Antonymescalmcomfortconsolereassuresoothesteady

3. Wrinkle or distortinformal

   To twist or crumple something, especially paper or fabric.

   Froisser ou déformer

   • He screwed up the paper and threw it in the bin.
   • She screwed up her face in disgust.
   • The wind screwed up the pages of the book.

   Synonymescreasecrinklecrumpledistortrumplescrunchtwistwrinkle

Verbe de basescrew