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 music, dialect, sense of humour, and resourcefulness often associated with this particular island in the North Atlantic feel intertwined with their queerness.
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Hazlitt, 4 Feb. 2026
Many entries in the genre exist in the uncanny valley between heterosexuality and queerness, where a relationship is gay because of the physical absence of women more than the actual identities of the lovers.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 30 Jan. 2026
About queerness in professional sports.
—Penny Abeywardena, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
This panel will focus on reflection on queerness as a creative force.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 8 Jan. 2026
Who condemned queerness very publicly in their ConneXion videos, while embodying it privately.
—Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 6 Jan. 2026
At once a show of authentic self and a primary site of internalized shame, gay voice was (and sometimes remains) the first way many men learned that queerness could be policed from the inside out.
—John Casey, Them., 12 Dec. 2025
The public embrace of Baldwin as the scribe of the civil-rights movement has involved a kind of willful amnesia regarding his queerness, and, in turn, an erasure of the muses—romantic and platonic—who inspired him.
—The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2025
Third world queerness that vibrates with the rhythms of Colombia.
—Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 4 Dec. 2025
Hazlitt, 4 Feb. 2026
Many entries in the genre exist in the uncanny valley between heterosexuality and queerness, where a relationship is gay because of the physical absence of women more than the actual identities of the lovers.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 30 Jan. 2026
About queerness in professional sports.
—Penny Abeywardena, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
This panel will focus on reflection on queerness as a creative force.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 8 Jan. 2026
Who condemned queerness very publicly in their ConneXion videos, while embodying it privately.
—Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 6 Jan. 2026
At once a show of authentic self and a primary site of internalized shame, gay voice was (and sometimes remains) the first way many men learned that queerness could be policed from the inside out.
—John Casey, Them., 12 Dec. 2025
The public embrace of Baldwin as the scribe of the civil-rights movement has involved a kind of willful amnesia regarding his queerness, and, in turn, an erasure of the muses—romantic and platonic—who inspired him.
—The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2025
Third world queerness that vibrates with the rhythms of Colombia.
—Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 4 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for queerness
Noun
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And her love sickness rendered physical is such a beautiful and powerful literary symbol.—
Hannah Benson,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Feb. 2026
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His office has continually pointed to the senator’s leg stiffness as a result of his childhood polio sickness.—
Molly Parks,
The Washington Examiner,
4 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Listeria most frequently causes short-term symptoms in healthy individuals, like fever, nausea, and abdominal pain, but is particularly dangerous to pregnant women.—
Abigail Wilt,
Southern Living,
13 Feb. 2026
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Gulati said common side effects of the drug are nausea and constipation.—
Livi Stanford,
Hartford Courant,
12 Feb. 2026
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“Queerness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/queerness. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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