queered

verb

past tense of queer
1
as in humiliated

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2
as in dented

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for queered
  1. humiliated
  2. dented
  3. shamed
  4. botched
  5. debased
  6. wounded
  7. degraded
  8. lacerated
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  • However, Rob Shuter is reporting that Meghan believes Kate purposefully humiliated her by recently taking Princess Charlotte on the London Underground.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 15 Oct. 2026
  • His daughter is humiliated, and the message could not be clearer.
    — Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of humiliated
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  • Also sent to the garbage via Stop Sales were dented cans of pineapple juice, oyster sauce and bean sauce.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026
  • And the protesters’ grit, wit, inventiveness, and fearlessness have dented Modi’s authority like nothing else has in the past 12 years.
    — Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2026
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  • In that same 2023 Pew Research report, over half of non-Spanish-speaking Latinos reported being shamed for not knowing the language.
    — Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
  • But children with lice are often shamed and unnecessarily excluded from attending school.
    — Emily J. C. Wong, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2026
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  • Continue reading … NOT ENOUGH — Kash Patel demands apology from MS NOW following botched Russia report.
    — , FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Alou reacted demonstrably, and the Marlins went on to score eight runs in the inning, sending 12 batters to the plate, as Cubs shortstop Alex Gonzalez botched a routine double-play ball.
    — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026
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  • The bulk of these are in regions like Africa and South America, where governments have repeatedly debased national currencies, and prompted their citizens to seek out sturdier assets like Tether’s dollar and gold offerings instead.
    — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Look at how much the city had debased this pilgrim in six months, a year.
    — David Hajdu, The Atlantic, 16 July 2026
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  • Five people were killed and 36 wounded in a Russian attack on the Ukrainian capital that lasted from Tuesday evening into Wednesday morning, Kyiv police said.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The two exchanged gunfire, and she was shot in the thigh and knee and wounded in her index finger.
    — Meagan Harris, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of wounded
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  • With so few ancient samples of dodo DNA surviving—and that which does exist having degraded over the centuries—the analytic and number-crunching power of AI is just what’s needed to fill in the genetic blanks.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Russia’s constant attacks on factories, energy supply systems and the railways means that steel supply to the Ukrainian armed forces is also being degraded.
    — Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of degraded
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  • The man’s muscles and skin were lacerated by the bear’s claws and teeth.
    — Jan Thacker, Outdoor Life, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Corbin fractured his jaw in two places, busted his upper arm, and lacerated his lip.
    — Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of lacerated
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