queered

Definition of queerednext
past tense of queer

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for queered
Verb
  • Days after the segment was recorded, Schmitz shot Amedure to death, then confessed to the murder, saying he'd been humiliated on national TV.
    Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Jan. 2026
  • 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
Verb
  • Norwegians’ respect for their royal family has been dented by new details about Epstein’s friendship with Crown Princess Mette-Marit, who is married to the heir to the throne, Prince Haakon.
    Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
  • The front of the plane appeared dented in footage, and a propeller blade was twisted.
    Michael Loria, USA Today, 9 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Rich, famous and powerful people have been named and shamed.
    Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Pornographic content addiction shouldn’t be normalized into acceptance or shamed into isolation.
    Beth Collums, AJC.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • The search for a permanent inspector general began after the city botched the process last year.
    Devyani Chhetri, Dallas Morning News, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Several cool props gestured to historical infrastructural neglect and botched Hurricane Maria recovery efforts.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 9 Feb. 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
  • Two other people were wounded, including another police officer involved in the search for Thompson.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 14 Feb. 2026
  • These are a tiny fraction of the thousands of Iranians killed or wounded when the government cracked down on protests a month ago.
    Babak Dehghanpisheh, NBC news, 13 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Infrastructure in Venezuela is severely degraded, and any meaningful revival would likely require more than $100 billion in investment over a decade.
    Amena Bakr, semafor.com, 30 Jan. 2026
  • The system degraded exactly as predicted.
    Staff report, Daily News, 28 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 14 Feb. 2026.

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