Meanings
comparative more screwfaced · superlative most screwfaced
- slangAfrican-American VernacularHaving a screwface (an angry facial expression); angry, frustrated.
So why do so many bike messengers look so screwfaced and vexed, as if road rage and frustration were their permanent riding companions?
2017 September 7, David Phinn, “I am a messenger and I ride”, in NOW, Toronto, Ont.: NOW Communications Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Dec 2023Synonyms: agitated, angry, annoyed, apoplectic, bad-tempered, berserk, big mad, blood-boiling
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of screwface
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHaving a screwface (an angry facial expression); angry, frustrated.
Origin
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screwfaced. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/screwfaced
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