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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  • The Fijians were tough and clinical in a huge turnaround from last weekend when they were humiliated by England 73-8 in Liverpool.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 July 2026
  • The campaign of strikes, mostly targeting oil refineries and other energy infrastructure, has humiliated the Kremlin, snarled the logistics of its military, and forced many millions of Russians to suffer through rampant shortages of fuel.
    — Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026
Definition of humiliated
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  • The planters themselves get chipped, scratched, dented and, in one out of every three cases so far, destroyed.
    — Josh Bergeron, Charlotte Observer, 24 July 2026
  • The conflict has also dented tourism and local businesses are taking the hit.
    — Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Definition of dented
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  • The women were shamed into surrendering their babies by their families and a powerful church.
    — Bill Whitaker, CBS News, 12 July 2026
  • But because there are rules and codes that have to be honored to make sports work, the transgressors typically are penalized or at least shamed for doing so.
    — Vahe Gregorian July 7, Kansas City Star, 7 July 2026
Definition of shamed
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  • Someone botched the timing for Jhoan Duran’s trademark entrance because the song didn’t start.
    — Matt Gelb, New York Times, 15 July 2026
  • Shortstop Miguel Rojas, who botched a grounder to his left earlier in the inning that enabled a run to score, was late breaking to cover third, leaving the bag wide open.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
Definition of botched
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  • Look at how much the city had debased this pilgrim in six months, a year.
    — David Hajdu, The Atlantic, 16 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of debased
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  • No officers were injured, but Leverett was shot multiple times and critically wounded when police returned fire.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 July 2026
  • Colt Gray, the Georgia teenager who fatally shot two teachers and two students and wounded nine others at Apalachee High School in September 2024, pleaded guilty Friday to four counts of murder and dozens of other charges.
    — Isabel Rosales, CNN Money, 24 July 2026
Definition of wounded
Verb
  • Iran has been degraded by over 13,000 strikes, but has survived and reconstituted, rather than suffering a mortal blow.
    — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
  • Preserving the forests that remain, while restoring those that have been degraded, may ultimately prove far more valuable than chasing ever-larger tree-planting targets alone.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 14 July 2026
Definition of degraded
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  • 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
Definition of lacerated
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