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Queer   /kwɪr/   Listen
Queer

adjective
(compar. queerer; superl. queerest)
1.
Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected.  Synonyms: curious, funny, odd, peculiar, rum, rummy, singular.  "Her speech has a funny twang" , "They have some funny ideas about war" , "Had an odd name" , "The peculiar aromatic odor of cloves" , "Something definitely queer about this town" , "What a rum fellow" , "Singular behavior"
2.
Homosexual or arousing homosexual desires.  Synonyms: gay, homophile.
noun
1.
Offensive term for an openly homosexual man.  Synonyms: fag, faggot, fagot, fairy, nance, pansy, poof, poove, pouf, queen.
verb
1.
Hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of.  Synonyms: baffle, bilk, cross, foil, frustrate, scotch, spoil, thwart.  "Foil your opponent"
2.
Put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position.  Synonyms: endanger, expose, peril, scupper.



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"Queer" Quotes from Famous Books



... a preacher I used to know when I was a kid. He was always sayin' things that meant something else and when you found out what he was drivin' at you always felt kind of queer ...
— The Friendly Road - New Adventures in Contentment • (AKA David Grayson) Ray Stannard Baker
... moving in deep thought, and at last put his perplexity into a question. "What am I to do? I'm beginning to feel queer. I reckon the chances for my having smallpox are purty fair. Maybe I'd better drop down to Sulphur and report to the authorities. I've got a day or two before the blossoms will begin to ...
— Cavanaugh: Forest Ranger - A Romance of the Mountain West • Hamlin Garland
... or when a blow will fall with these people," he explained. "You see, I've lived among them. They are a hot-blooded race. Besides, as you perhaps have read, they have some queer poisons down in South America. I mean to run no ...
— The Gold of the Gods • Arthur B. Reeve
... continually confronted with what the world calls "freaky" or "eccentric" people, and these people are found in all degrees from the slightly odd folks to those filling the asylums, and strange as it may seem, no matter how queer they may appear to other people, they never seem so ...
— Freedom Talks No. II • Julia Seton, M.D.
... around volcanos all my life," he said, "and I have seen some queer things come out of the ...
— Astounding Stories, May, 1931 • Various


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