SCREWBALL Synonyms

• a situation in which life seems irrational and meaningless

• inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense

• so unreasonable as to invite derision

• not having a common center; not concentric

• a person with an unusual or odd personality

• a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)

• conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual

• broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce

• very foolish

• informal or slang terms for mentally irregular

• a reckless impetuous irresponsible person

• characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation

• having the flavor of nuts

• informal or slang terms for mentally irregular

• a person with an unusual or odd personality

• an unaccented beat (especially the last beat of a measure)

• (informal) strikingly unconventional

• conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual

• (informal) strikingly unconventional

• not conforming to accepted rules or standards

• not conventional or conformist

• not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention

• not capable of being foretold

• unknown in advance

• not occurring at a regular rate or fixed intervals

• not usual or common or ordinary

• being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird

• not commonly encountered

• ludicrous, foolish

• informal or slang terms for mentally irregular

• fate personified; any one of the three Weird Sisters

• suggesting the operation of supernatural influences

• strikingly odd or unusual

• a buffoon in one of the old comedies; imitates others for ludicrous effect

• a man who is a stupid incompetent fool

• ludicrous, foolish

• like a clown

• a whimsically eccentric person

• a bad-tempered person

• a whimsically eccentric person

• an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant

• a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle

• (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail

• travel along a zigzag path

• start by cranking

• rotate with a crank

• fasten with a crank

• bend into the shape of a crank