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
  • In their first national title game, the Wildcats humiliated Oklahoma in the national semifinal by 44, and in their second, demoralized Michigan in the title game by 17.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026
  • After being publicly humiliated by Daemon Targaryen and lured to switch sides (with his dragon) to the Greens by Ormund Hightower, party animal Ulf is still drunk and MIA when the battle starts.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of humiliated
Verb
  • The sentences mark a key moment in China’s continuing real-estate crisis, which has dented consumer confidence in the country – and caused a headache for a government that stakes its legitimacy on rising prosperity.
    — Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Miami finally dented the scoreboard against Sanchez in the sixth, but Philadelphia plated two runs in the bottom half.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of dented
Verb
  • 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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  • This was an investigation into post-election violence in Kenya that was botched so badly the case fell apart.
    — Daniel Markind, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Ramos went hitless in four at-bats Saturday and didn’t appear to run out a ground ball that shortstop Andrés Giménez initially botched in the sixth inning.
    — Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
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  • 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
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  • Gunshots were exchanged, leaving Knight injured and Shakur mortally wounded; Shakur died days later from his injuries.
    — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Nway Oo said that 14 people, including three women, were killed and 20 others were wounded when a fighter jet dropped a bomb in the compound of the village’s monastery.
    — Grant Peck, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of wounded
Verb
  • Iran is unlikely to give up the leverage offered by having proxies spread across the region, even if some of them have been degraded by Israel or lost a foothold thanks to regime change, as is the case in Syria.
    — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
  • But now, Wright says Wendy’s has drifted from some of those qualities, telling investors that decisions made in the interest of cost and efficiency had degraded some of the food quality that set the chain apart.
    — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of degraded
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  • Jen Macdonel, Claire Macdonel's mother, told Fox News Digital that the barracuda attack lacerated four of her daughter's tendons, in addition to a nerve and a ligament.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 31 July 2026
  • They are lacerated by propellers.
    — Jessica Camille Aguirre, New Yorker, 2 May 2026
Definition of lacerated
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