queerness

Definition of queernessnext
as in sickness
a disturbed condition of the stomach in which one feels like vomiting after the roller coaster ride, I had to rest to overcome the dizziness and queerness that I was feeling

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Recent Examples of queerness The 2026 cohort features eight fiction feature projects, with queerness woven into the core of each story. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026 Blaike has been working on a poetry collection that explores love, queerness, desire and personhood. — Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026 The album is about growing up, desire, masculinity, queerness, loneliness, money, memory and the strange violence of becoming an adult. — Desjah Altvater, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026 Their songs confronted rape culture, body shaming and the politics of gender while making room for queerness, friendship and collective strength — subjects that, as the band now sees it, remain painfully current. — Spin Staff, SPIN, 19 Aug. 2026 Listening to the new album, there are many different references to your queerness. — Jeffrey Masters, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2026 The cast share the characters’ disparate attitudes toward queerness. — Emma Sarappo, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2026 Writing openly about subjects from erectile dysfunction to caring for his father after an ALS diagnosis, Marshall finds that the intersection of queerness and disability is intimacy. — Chris Martin, PEOPLE, 22 July 2026 Those layers, which expand in Heartstopper Forever, are illustrative of Oseman’s approach that appreciates both the evolution inherent to queerness and the coming of age. — Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 16 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for queerness
Noun
  • Even the pancreas of a character’s unseen wife, the sickness in which AIG promises to double back and cure if only everyone keeps hurtling forward.
    — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 6 Oct. 2026
  • From sickness and ennui came the writing of an algorithm that would solve the underlying mathematics of the bomb.
    — Artforum, Artforum, 28 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The usual bleary nausea of such early rises is absent, shooed away by sobriety, exercises, and fruits and vegetables.
    — CNT Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • People infected with salmonella can experience fever, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain, the CDC said.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026

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“Queerness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/queerness. Accessed 8 Oct. 2026.

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