queered

Definition of queerednext
past tense of queer

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for queered
Verb
  • In the ongoing fight for women’s equal rights, Pawol had proved a female baseball umpire can be second-guessed, proved wrong and humiliated by technology and mocked by howling fans on social media just like a man can.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 2 June 2026
  • Villanova humiliated UConn, winning 81-61, after building out a 31-point lead.
    Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 26 May 2026
Verb
  • After a pair of curveballs missed up in the zone, Rathbun laced a fastball that practically dented the right field wall.
    Troy Renck, Denver Post, 31 May 2026
  • The bodywork on a car is sensitive to high pressures, and can easily be dented.
    BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026
Verb
  • The former quarterback turned race-baiter, who shamed his White parents who adopted him.
    Jon Root OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 May 2026
  • Others felt her comments oversimplified a complex issue and unfairly shamed Black women who choose to wear wigs and weaves.
    Annie Blay-Tettey, Allure, 14 May 2026
Verb
  • Every time an underperforming manager missed a deadline or botched a client presentation, Marcus would swoop in, grab the metaphorical hose and put out the fire himself.
    Janine Schindler, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • Still, Iowa’s botched 2020 caucus, where problems with technology and organization delayed the results for more than two weeks, remained a concern among the committee members.
    Daniel C. Vock, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026
Verb
  • Haphazardly propped on the ground with wiring and hardware exposed, the flags appear as symbols debased and emptied after centuries of misuse.
    Rachel Wetzler, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Within this world no others exist, except as things to be debased.
    David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Last week, a drone strike on a bustling market in central Sudan killed 28 people and wounded dozens more.
    Fatma Khaled, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
  • Witnesses to the downtown Sacramento mass shooting that left six dead and more than a dozen wounded as nightclubs closed on K Street sensed trouble in the moments before the shots were fired.
    Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 29 May 2026
Verb
  • Immune cells here degraded old and damaged red blood cells, accumulating iron from the hemoglobin for a short period.
    Kasha Patel, CNN Money, 29 May 2026
  • Some tapes had degraded in the meantime, and portions of the original data were lost.
    Federica Sgorbissa, ArsTechnica, 24 May 2026
Verb
  • They are lacerated by propellers.
    Jessica Camille Aguirre, New Yorker, 2 May 2026
  • Some of the women were bleeding from their reproductive organs, while others had blood dripping from slashes on their breasts, their bodies having been lacerated with a sharp instrument.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Apr. 2026
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“Queered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/queered. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.

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