Screw and Straighten

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Screw verb - To twist (something) out of a natural or normal shape or condition.

Usage example: screwed up his face at the taste of the medicine

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Straighten is an antonym for screw in topics: twist, twist in.

Nearby Words: screwy, screwball, screwed, screwing

Straighten verb - To cause to follow a line that is without bends or curls.

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Screw is an antonym for straighten.

Nearby Words: straight, straightening

screw life

straighten life

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Straighten and Screw. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/screw/straighten

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