"screw you" meaning in English

See screw you in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

Audio: En-au-screw you.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-interj}} screw you
  1. (slang, idiomatic, mildly vulgar) less offensive version of fuck you. Tags: idiomatic, mildly, slang, vulgar Synonyms: fuck you, get stuffed, up yours
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Noun

Audio: En-au-screw you.ogg [Australia] Forms: screw yous [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} screw you (plural screw yous)
  1. An act of defiance and contempt. Translations (a slightly politer version of "fuck you"): върви да си го начукаш (vǎrvi da si go načukaš) (Bulgarian), fek al vi (Esperanto), vedä käteen [vulgar] (Finnish), haista vittu [vulgar] (Finnish), fottiti (Italian), 꺼져버려 (kkeojeobeoryeo) (Korean), el Dio ke no te mate (Ladino), niech cię szlak trafi (Polish), idź do diabła (Polish), daj się wypchać (Polish), vai-te lixar! (Portuguese), vai-te cozerǃ (Oporto) (Portuguese), du-te-n morții tăi (Romanian), пошёл ты (pošól ty) [neuter] (Russian), odjebi (Serbo-Croatian), que te jodan (Spanish), vete al diablo (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-screw_you-en-noun-lodinycX

Verb

Audio: En-au-screw you.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} screw you
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see screw, you. Synonyms: screw-you (english: noun sense only)
    Sense id: en-screw_you-en-verb-iojYh4BH

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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