queer | (adjective) homosexual or arousing homosexual desires | Synonyms: gay, homophile |
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(adjective) beyond or deviating from the usual or expected | Synonyms: curious, funny, odd, peculiar, rum, rummy, singular |
(noun) offensive term for a homosexual man | Synonyms: fag, faggot, fagot, fairy, nance, pansy, poof, poove, pouf, queen |
(verb) put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position | Synonyms: endanger, expose, peril, scupper |
(verb) hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of | Synonyms: baffle, bilk, cross, foil, frustrate, scotch, spoil, thwart |
queerly | (adverb) in a questionably unusual manner | Synonyms: fishily |
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(adverb) in a strange manner | Synonyms: funnily, oddly, strangely |
queerness | (noun) a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex | Synonyms: gayness, homoeroticism, homosexualism, homosexuality |
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(noun) a strange attitude or habit | Synonyms: crotchet, oddity, quirk, quirkiness |