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
Verb
  • But the Saudis, humiliated by their losses in Yemen, seem likely to lash out.
    — Kareem Fahim, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026
  • When she and the other part-time employees were told their positions were being eliminated, Valcarcel said she felt humiliated and disrespected.
    — Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of humiliated
Verb
  • But with female crabs able to produce up to 8 million eggs every season, culling barely dented their numbers.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Big Ten revenue has dented the deficit, according to budget figures obtained by the California Post, but the expense of fielding competitive teams in all sports is soaring.
    — Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of dented
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  • Amid the jubilation of the liberation, there is a darker side, as women who fraternized with German soldiers are tracked down and brutally publicly shamed.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2026
  • He's race-baiting to appease the people who shamed him for his previous juvenile lifestyle, while quietly surrounding himself with mostly white men.
    — Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of shamed
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  • Some contractor, or postal maintenance employee, had botched the repair.
    — Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026
  • The Steelers also botched a field goal attempt and couldn’t take advantage of good field position by finishing drives with touchdowns.
    — Josh Kendall, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2026
Definition of botched
Verb
  • 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
Definition of debased
Verb
  • When the struggle was over, video footage on social media reviewed by The Associated Press showed two men on the plane's floor, bloodied and wounded.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2026
  • According to the account of Netanyahu and other passengers, Machchhar, a father, tried to fight off his co-pilot before being critically wounded with a small knife.
    — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of wounded
Verb
  • Nothing has degraded more for Latino men, however, than the simple pleasures of life.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Highly active variants quickly degraded under thermal stress, and stable variants operated far too slowly to be commercially viable.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of degraded
Verb
  • 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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