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Screwed vs Wandel - What's the difference?

screwed | wandel |

As verbs the difference between screwed and wandel

is that screwed is (screw) while wandel is to wander.

As an adjective screwed

is (slang) beset with unfortunate circumstances that seem difficult or impossible to overcome; in imminent danger.

screwed

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (slang) beset with unfortunate circumstances that seem difficult or impossible to overcome; in imminent danger.
    • They found out about our betrayal, so now we're screwed .
  • (slang, British) intoxicated.
  • * James Joyce, Dubliners
    • Besides they were dreadfully afraid that Freddy Malins might turn up screwed . They would not wish for worlds that any of Mary Jane's pupils should see him under the influence

    Usage notes

    * Often employed as a bowdlerization, or substitution, for (fucked).

    Synonyms

    * (sense) fucked, dicked, shagged (British)

    Derived terms

    *

    See also

    * screwed up

    Usage notes

    Because the sexual act as a metaphor for domination is a frequent association for the term 'screwed', it is potentially offensive in polite circles.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (screw)
    • He screwed the boards together tightly.
    I got screwed at the swap meet yesterday.
  • * 1641 , Richard Chambers (merchant), quoted in Hannis Taylor, The Origin and Growth of the English Constitution: An Historical Treatise, Part II: The After-Growth of the Constitution , H.O. Houghton & Company (1889), p. 274,
    • […] merchants are in no part of the world so screwed as in England. In Turkey, they have more encouragement.

    References

    wandel

    Not English

    Wandel has no English definition. It may be misspelled.