queer

[US]/kwɪə(r)/
[UK]/kwɪr/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. strange; uncomfortable; mentally unbalanced
vt. mess up; put in a disadvantageous position
n. a homosexual person; a strange person; counterfeit money

Phrases & Collocations

genderqueer

queer community

queer identity

queer representation

queer culture

queer fish

queer theory

on the queer

queer bird

Example Sentences

It's a queer go.

He is a queer character.

to speak a queer language

she gave a queer trembly laugh.

I heard some queer footsteps.

She has been queer lately.

Queer sort (of a thing)this!

she had a queer feeling that they were being watched.

Reg didn't want someone meddling and queering the deal at the last minute.

I had a queer sensation as if a worm was creeping down my spine.

His imagination played round that queer idea.

He is the queer old duck with the knee-length gaiters and walrus mustache.

His cheating on the final queered his chances of graduation.

It's queer that he managed to bluff his way through all the difficulties.

Somebody must have told her boss about her plans to leave.Who was trying to queer her pitch?

She's always conspicuous because of her bright clothes and queer hair style.

The kitchen was redolent with the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves. Something that isodd fails to accord with what is ordinary, usual, or expected, while somethingqueer deviates markedly from the norm; both terms can suggest strangeness or peculiarity:

Real-world Examples

725. The peer's queer peering is a sheer sneer.

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Silly mistakes and queer clothes often arouse ridicule.

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But if you knew how terribly queer he was!

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Look, she seems in rather a queer way.

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Historically, science has not been kind to the queer community.

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She's a rather queer child - full of notions.

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" They have queer names along the Frozen Shore" .

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" She couldn't talk much, and she couldn't walk; and her face was, O so queer! "

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He essentially describes himself in the 1930s as queer.

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That was a queer remark. " Why should you fear" ?

Source: A Song of Ice and Fire: A Feast for Crows (Bilingual Edition)

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