Familiar and Screwy

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Familiar

Familiar adjective - Closely acquainted.
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Screwy is an antonym for familiar.
Nearby Words: familiarity, familiarize, familiarise, familiarized, familiarization

Screwy

Screwy adjective - Different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion.
Usage example: the counterfeit bills are poorly done and would look screwy to even the untrained eye
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Familiar is an antonym for screwy.
Nearby Words: screw, screwed, screwing
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  • Similarly, Daffy went from Screwy Squirrel, to scheming trickster to the now familiar Butt Monkey, victim of his own Ego.
    Source: Characterization Marches On / Western Animation
  • Please Wake Up Tex Avery MGM cartoon Lonesome Lenny has Screwy Squirrel taken in as a pet for a suspiciously familiar dog.
    Source: Please Wake Up
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