queered

Definition of queerednext
past tense of queer
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Verb
  • This Mets team, with the second-highest MLB payroll at $369 million, had just been humiliated by a franchise that lost 119 games a year ago.
    Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2026
  • One such accusation resulted in a federal lawsuit filed in September in which the former head of the Colorado Division for the Deaf, Hard of Hearing and DeafBlind alleged DHS management humiliated and discriminated against him before forcing him out of his job.
    Katie Langford, Denver Post, 24 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Most varieties of quinoa seeds are ready to harvest about 90-100 days after planting, when the seed coat is barely dented by a fingernail.
    Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Margins for ServiceNow were a concern, and so was subscription revenue growth, which was dented by the war.
    Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 25 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The Cleveland fan eventually was shamed by the internet into giving the girl the ball.
    Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
  • On social media, fans shared the video and shamed the man for his behavior, with some looking to make his identity public.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Rocchio got on base to lead off the fifth when first baseman Jonathan Aranda's botched a slow rolling grounder for an error and Steven Kwan followed with a double.
    ABC News, ABC News, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy botched an uncontested breakout pass, and Tage Thompson hounded Fraser Minten to force a turnover.
    Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 27 Apr. 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
  • Kareem Ruddock, 35, was identified by police as the knifeman who stabbed Rene Flores, 31, to death and wounded a 34-year-old man in the pre-dawn assault.
    Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 2 May 2026
  • The moment might signal that Athena is wounded, but alive — if barely.
    Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026
Verb
  • His moves to West Ham United and Milan have badly degraded the 33-year-old’s stock.
    Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
  • The war has degraded Iran’s nuclear and missile programs.
    Valerie Morkevicius, The Conversation, 24 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
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“Queered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/queered. Accessed 8 May. 2026.

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