adjective, screw·i·er, screw·i·est. Slang.
- crazy; nutty: I think you’re screwy, refusing an invitation to the governor’s dinner.
- disconcertingly strange: There’s something screwy about his story.
- absurdly peculiar or impractical; ridiculous: screwy ideas.
adjective screwier or screwiest
- informal odd, crazy, or eccentric
adj.1820, “tipsy, slightly drunk,” from screw (n.) + -y (2.). Sense of “crazy, ridiculous” first recorded 1887. Related: Screwily; screwiness.