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screwtaped

screwtaped is the simple past and past participle of screwtape.

Meaning of screwtape

Verb

screwtape (third-person singular simple present screwtapes, present participle screwtaping, simple past and past participle screwtaped)

  1. To mess things up, to corrupt, to be devilish.
    • His collection of songlines and timelines snarled at him like a screwtaped confession.2007, Palace Pier Blues, →ISBN, page 33

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Questions about screwtaped

What is screwtaped the simple past and past participle of?
Screwtaped is the simple past and past participle of screwtape.

Words near screwtaped in the dictionary

  1. screwstem
  2. screwstems
  3. screwstone
  4. screwstones
  5. screwtape
  6. screwtaped
  7. screwtapes
  8. screwtaping
  9. screwthread
  10. screwthreads
  11. screwtop

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Adapted from Wiktionary: screwtaped (page history and authors); screwtape (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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