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   queer

   /kwir/

   adjective

   • 1. strange; odd: "she had a queer feeling that they were being watched" Similar oddstrangeunusualfunnypeculiarcuriousbizarreweirdoutlandisheccentricunconventionalunorthodoxuncannyunexpectedunfamiliarabnormalanomalousatypicaluntypicaldifferentout of the ordinaryout of the wayextraordinaryremarkablepuzzlingmystifyingmysteriousperplexingbafflingunaccountableincongruousuncommonirregularoutréoffbeatsingulardeviantaberrantfreakfreakishsuspiciousdubiousquestionableeerieunnaturaluncoinformal:fishycreepyspookyfreakyrumoff the wallbizarrosuspicioussuspectirregularquestionabledubiousdoubtfulfunnymysteriousmurkydarkcriminaldishonestcorruptnefariouscraftydeceitfulshiftyunderhanddishonorableunscrupulousunprincipledfraudulentillegalunlawfulinformal:fishyshadybentOpposite ordinaryconventionalnormal
   • ▪ slightly ill: informal, dated British "he was feeling rather queer" Similar illunwellpoorlybadout of sortsindisposednot oneselfsickqueasynauseousnauseatedpeakyliverishgreen around the gillsrun downwashed outfaintdizzygiddyoffoff colourinformal:under the weatherbelow parnot up to parfunnypeculiarroughlousyrottenawfulterribledreadfulgrottyropywabbitpeely-wallycrookvulgar slang:crappydated:seedyrare:peakedpeakishOpposite well
   • 2. denoting or relating to a sexual or gender identity that does not correspond to established ideas of sexuality and gender, especially heterosexual norms: "queer geek culture has featured gay themes since the 1980s" Similar gayhomosexuallesbianlesbigayLGBTLGBTQGLBTrare:homophileUranianOpposite heterosexualstraight
   • ▪ (of a person) homosexual. offensive

   noun

   • 1. a gay man. offensive

   verb

   • 1. spoil or ruin (an agreement, event, or situation): informal "Reg didn't want someone meddling and queering the deal at the last minute"

   Word Origin early 16th century: considered to be from German quer ‘oblique, perverse’, but the origin is doubtful.

   Derivatives

   • 1. queerish adjective

   Scrabble Points: 14

   • Q

     10

   • U

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   • E

     1

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