screwed

Etymology
From.
 * The modern sense of originates in the mid-1600s with a sense of  as a means of "exerting pressure or coercion", probably in reference to instruments of torture (e.g. thumbscrews). It quickly gained a wider general sense of "in a bind; in unfortunate inescapable circumstances". When the verb  gained a sexual connotation in the early 1700s, it joined the long-lasting association of sexual imagery as a metaphor for domination, leading to  gaining synonyms like  and . On a more general note, this is a prime example of the frequent tendency for verb participles to evolve into participial adjectives.
 * The sense meaning "intoxicated" is from the early 1800s, and is associated with the term, and the idiom.

Adjective

 * 1)  Beset with unfortunate circumstances that seem difficult or impossible to overcome; in imminent danger.

Usage notes

 * Often employed as a bowdlerization, or substitution, for.

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.

Synonyms

 * ,, ; see also Thesaurus:in trouble
 * See Thesaurus:drunk

Derived terms

 * / screwed, glued and tattooed

Translations

 * Catalan:, ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish: pulassa, kusessa
 * French:
 * German:
 * Japanese: 一巻の終わり
 * Portuguese:, , quilhado, tramado
 * Russian:, , , , , ,
 * Spanish:, , en el horno ,
 * Turkish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:

Verb

 * He screwed the boards together tightly.
 * I got screwed at the swap meet yesterday.
 * 1) * 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 &amp; Company (1889), p. 274,
 * […] merchants are in no part of the world so screwed as in England. In Turkey, they have more encouragement.
 * […] merchants are in no part of the world so screwed as in England. In Turkey, they have more encouragement.