screw up

verbs

make more intense
"Emotions were screwed up"
heat up, hot up, screw up
make a mess of, destroy or ruin
"I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"
ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil
is derived from
screwup
screw or turn higher
screw up
is a type of (narrower)
turn like a screw
screw
twist into a strained configuration
"screw up one's face"
screw up
is a type of (narrower)
contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state
"He grimaced when he saw the amount of homework he had to do"
grimace, make a face, pull a face