Skip to main content
fucked-up

fucked-up

161 9.9
In a state of serious disorder or not working correctly
  • adjective
  • /fʌkt ʌp/
  • Offensive
translation icon : jodido
  • This fucked-up game we used to play when I was a kid.

And then with this backdrop of all this fucked up shit, it's hard.

Autoplay Next

Examples

  • It's fucked up, but we kind of have the same job you and me.

  • That is such a fucked up excuse!

  • It's just a little fucked up, you know?

  • And no, this went from zero to fucked up in like one night.

  • What kind of crazy fucked up world do we live in?

  • Tonight something really fucked up happened.

  • - Things are really fucked up.

  • Does anyone besides me here find this fucked up?

  • I have been to some fucked up places in my time, but that place is fucked up.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • The project ended up in a fucked-up state after the last-minute changes were made.

Synonyms

mixed-up
vsfucked-up
  • Informal
82 4.9

Confused and unsure because different ideas or instructions do not agree

is broader, covering both severe disorder and physical malfunction not just confusion
in a mess
vsfucked-up
9 1.6

Something that is untidy and not in order

is stronger and includes serious malfunction or complete breakdown
fucked
vsfucked-up
  • Offensive
9.9

Very badly damaged or ruined so it cannot be used

is broader, adding confusion and disorder as well as severe damage

Antonyms

56 4.3

About the practical running of a system or process

19 2.0

Having things in order so they are easy to find

How Dysfunctional

fucked-up
  • Offensive
161 9.9
broken
31 1.0
disordered
7 4.5
messy
233 1.0
untidy
11 1.0

Surface Forms

fucked-up positive
fucked up positive

Morphology

fucked-up = fuck up (transparent) = fuck + ed

Formed from the phrasal verb 'fuck up' with the participial suffix '-ed' yielding an adjective meaning 'ruined/dysfunctional', which is predictable from the base.

Etymology

Fucked-up comes from the rude word fuck, used here to mean 'ruin' or 'damage', plus the word up, which adds the sense 'completely', as in mess up. So fucked-up means 'completely ruined' or 'in total disorder', and we use it for things or plans that are badly broken or very confused.