screw-up
noun
• a situation that has been completely mismanaged or mishandled.
• "a massive bureaucratic screw-up"
screw up
• crush a piece of paper or fabric into a tight mass.
• "he screwed the note up and threw it away"
• cause something to fail or go wrong.
• "why are you trying to screw up your life?"
Similar:
wreck,
ruin,
destroy,
devastate,
wreak havoc on,
reduce to nothing,
damage,
spoil,
mar,
injure,
blast,
blight,
smash,
shatter,
dash,
torpedo,
scotch,
make a mess of,
mess up,
louse up,
foul up,
put the kibosh on,
banjax,
do for,
blow a hole in,
nix,
queer,
scupper,
cock up,
dish,
euchre,
cruel,
bring to naught,
fuck up,
Opposite:
sort out,
• cause someone to be emotionally or mentally disturbed.
• "this job can really screw you up"
• summon up one's courage.
• "now Stephen had to screw up his courage and confess"
