screwball
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7.9
- adjective
- /ˈskruːbɔːl/
- Offensive
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descabellado
- Actually, one of the critics of it said there's, there's parts of it that don't hold together, but it's great screwball fantasy.
- screwball comedy
- screwball farce
- screwball idea
Actually, one of the critics of it said there's, there's parts of it that don't hold together, but it's great screwball fantasy.
- Actually, one of the critics of it said there's, there's parts of it that don't hold together, but it's great screwball fantasy.
Examples
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Some kind of happiness is, you know, a screwball romantic comedy.
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And we’re surrounded by these screwball stories every day.
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The verbal bounty was already apparent before WWII, in the scripts of the screwball comedies, but the war gave it a tremendous boost.
Academic text (2010) -
Nathan is, of course, totally charmed by this version of Audrey, who talks like the girl Friday of a screwball comedy, and responds to Nathan's bothering of Stuart by hauling him out of the hospital by the ear.
Blog text (24) -
This project is a screwball attempt to solve a problem that isn't really there.
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His proposal sounded like a screwball plan that was bound to fail.
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Trying to start a business without any experience seems like a screwball idea.
Synonyms
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1.4
Very strange or unusual in a way that surprises people
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8.0
Strange or not working in the usual way
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6.5
Not fully planned or sensible
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8.9
A foolish idea or plan that will not work
Being foolish and not thinking carefully before acting
Antonyms
How Silly
Surface Forms
Etymology
Screwball as an adjective comes from the noun for a strange person or the twisting pitch. It means 'foolish' or 'unrealistic' because a screwball idea is as odd or surprising as the twisting screwball pitch.