queered

Definition of queerednext
past tense of queer

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for queered
Verb
  • During the flight, she’s thoroughly humiliated when someone finds her audition tape for Survivor and displays it on his laptop for all to enjoy.
    Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 26 Jan. 2026
  • My interrogator beat me, humiliated me, and repeatedly threatened to arrest my family and friends.
    Omid Memarian, The Atlantic, 25 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Osborne’s hope of turning London into a European clearinghouse for the yuan was dented by Britain’s vote in 2016 to leave the European Union.
    Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 27 Jan. 2026
  • If a can is bulging, swollen, rusted or badly dented, throw it out.
    Miriam Fauzia, Dallas Morning News, 23 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • They’ll be driven out of certain platforms; they’ll be made to feel unwelcome; they’ll be shamed in lots of ways, and humiliated.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 16 Jan. 2026
  • The fear of being photographed drunk and shamed on social media is also a powerful deterrent.
    The Week US, TheWeek, 13 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • The murders of three tourists in Kissimmee over the weekend has now become fodder for Florida’s attorney general to again attack Orange-Osceola State Attorney Monique Worrell, claiming her office botched an earlier case against the suspect.
    Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Two-time Olympian Jason Brown entered Saturday’s free skate in third but botched nearly every jump of his long program and tumbled to eighth.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Within this world no others exist, except as things to be debased.
    David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Dogville, from 2003, is an experimental Lars von Trier film shot on a stage set in which Kidman plays a woman debased and abused by the inhabitants of a small town.
    Wendell Steavenson, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • At least 19 people were wounded, including one child.
    Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Instead, shots were exchanged between McCamey and the 34-year-old man, leaving McCamey dead and the other man wounded.
    Harry Harris, Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Over 15 years, there were no meaningful rate increases while inflation degraded the pay.
    Josie Reich, Hartford Courant, 21 Jan. 2026
  • The upper-end medical alert products employ GPS augmented cellular triangulation and Wi-Fi positioning to sustain location accuracy even in environments where the GPS signal is degraded or lost.
    Craig Lebrau, USA Today, 19 Jan. 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 30 Jan. 2026.

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