Screwball synonyms
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(Slang) Someone who is stubborn, thick-skulled, and stupid.
A mentally unbalanced or eccentric person; often, specif., a person who holds or is a proponent of a highly unorthodox or eccentric belief
(Slang) An unspecified gadget or other small article, especially one whose name is unknown or forgotten.
A weight consisting of a short bar with a metal ball or disk at each end that is lifted for muscular development and exercise.
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(US, cinematography) An error made during production which finds its way into the final release.
A stupid person; a dolt.
(Music, lutherie) On string instruments such as guitars and violins, the small piece at the peghead end of the fingerboard that holds the strings at the proper spacing and, in most cases, the proper height.
(Slang) A stupid person; fool
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A person who is affected by lunacy; a mentally deranged person.
An eccentric person, especially one who is unduly zealous.
A foolish or crazy person.
The call or cry of one of these birds.
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The definition of bizarre is a very strange person or thing.
Lacking consistency, regularity, or uniformity:
Having the nature of a freak; odd; peculiar
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(Not comparable) Occasional; infrequent.
Located far from civilized areas; remote:
The definition of peculiar is something important or of special interest.
The definition of quaint is something small, old fashioned or charming in a good way.
The definition of queer is something odd or unusual, or is an offensive and derogatory term used to describe a homosexual.
The definition of quirky is a strange or unique action or personality.
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Used to designate such a thing
The definition of strange is an unfamiliar or unusual person, place or thing.
Abnormally evil or cruel
Not usual or common; rare; exceptional
Strikingly odd or unusual, especially in an unsettling way; strange:
(Describing a person) crazy or insane
Of or like rum
wise (related)
Method or manner of doing; way:
usual (related)
In conformity with regular practice or procedure:
(Idiomatic, informal, frequently derisive) Incomplete; (of an idea or scheme) not fully planned or carefully considered, ill-conceived, unsound or badly thought-out; (of a person) foolish or having no common sense.
Lacking judgment, realism, or firmness.
A heavy spiced cake containing nuts and candied or dried fruits.
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gross-out (related)
slap-stick (related)
b-movie (related)
b-movies (related)
send up (related)
comedy (related)
campy (related)
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schlock (related)
slapstick-comedy (related)
numbskull
(Pejorative) Alternative spelling of numskull.
Find another word for screwball. In this page you can discover 59 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for screwball, like: character, blockhead, bonehead, bozo, crackpot, dingbat, dumbbell, eccentric, fanatic, goof and kook.
