queered

Definition of queerednext
past tense of queer

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for queered
Verb
  • At one point in his teenage years, Diaz was publicly humiliated by the football team who forcefully shaved his curly hair.
    Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Walz and Ellison were humiliated and could not account for their blundering.
    Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 7 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • This caught Moscow off-guard, and dented its confidence in its ability to read the US president.
    The Week UK, TheWeek, 22 Mar. 2026
  • The Rays’ deal was at a 26% premium to Sportico’s 2025 valuation, which was dented after a hurricane damaged Tropicana Field and forced the team to play home games in 2025 at Steinbrenner Field, the Yankees’ spring training home.
    Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 18 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The city was shamed into action.
    Faith Salie, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
  • She’s shamed and her businesses are closed down, and certainly no charity would touch her and a great deal more will come out.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 23 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Center fielder Oneil Cruz botched consecutive plays in the first inning, helping the Mets score five runs off a surprisingly ineffective Skenes (0-1), matching his career high.
    CBS News, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • An inmate’s seemingly clever plan to escape jail via the visitation room ceiling – after meeting with his attorney – proved to be botched from get-go, according to investigators in North Carolina.
    Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 24 Mar. 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
  • Others are less seriously wounded but not yet able to return to duty.
    CBS News, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Norlan Guzmán Fuentes, a landscaper from El Salvador, was fatally wounded.
    Oriana van Praag, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Riboua was more skeptical, arguing that Hezbollah would likely survive the collapse of the government in Tehran but would be vastly degraded.
    Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Years of use as a makeshift neighborhood have degraded the forest and contributed to pollution in Coyote Creek, which drains into San Francisco Bay, city leaders say.
    Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • In the process, one robber violently shoved the store’s octogenarian owner to the ground, police said, leaving him bloodied and lacerated from numerous shards of glass.
    Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 22 Dec. 2025
  • Catherine’s right leg was lacerated to the bone and nearly amputated by a propeller.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2025
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“Queered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/queered. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.

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