| VERB | change | screw up, heat up, hot up | make more intense |
|---|---|---|---|
| social | screw up, botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up | make a mess of, destroy or ruin | |
| contact | screw up | screw or turn higher | |
| body | screw up | twist into a strained configuration |
| Meaning | make more intense. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | heat up, hot up | |
| Broader | intensify, compound, heighten, deepen | make more intense, stronger, or more marked |
| Spanish | calentar | |
| Catalan | escalfar | |
| Meaning | make a mess of, destroy or ruin. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up | |
| Broader | fail, go wrong, miscarry | Be unsuccessful |
| Spanish | apelotonar, arruinar, cagarla, chapucear, estropear, joderla, pifiar | |
| Catalan | arruïnar, cagar-la, esguerrar, espatllar, espifiar, fer barroerament, fotre | |
| Nouns | screwup | the complete mismanagement or mishandling / mishandling of a situation |
| Meaning | screw or turn higher. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Broader | screw | Turn like a screw |
| Meaning | Twist into a strained configuration. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "screw up one's face" | |
| Broader | grimace, make a face, pull a face | contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state |
| Catalan | arrugar | |
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