queer
adjective
uk/kwɪər/us/kwɪr/queeradjective(SEX AND GENDER)
having orrelatingto agenderidentityor asexualitythat does notfitsociety'straditionalideasaboutgenderorsexuality:
He says they use the word "queer" toincludeanyone whowantsto beincluded(gay, bi,trans, whatever).
Theystronglyidentifywith queerculture.
Note:
- Queercan be offensive to some people. Only use this word if a person describes themselves in this way.
- Growing up, Iknewin myheartI was queer.
- Ifindmyselfinfuriatedby thisattitudeofshameandguilt, as do many other queer men I’msure.
- Derek Jarman was anEnglishpioneerin queercinema.
- Activistsproudlyclaimedtheirqueeridentity.
- The queercommunityisinclusiveandincorporatesall theseidentities.
queeradjective(STRANGE)
old-fashioned
strange,unusual, or notexpected:
怪异的，古怪的，异常的What a queer thing to say!多么奇怪的事啊！
I'mfeelingratherqueer(=ill), may Isitdown?我感觉很不舒服，可以坐下吗？
Synonyms
odd(STRANGE)
strange(UNUSUAL)
Strange, suspicious and unnatural
- aberrant
- abnormal
- abnormally
- add
- Alice-in-Wonderland
- freakishness
- funnily
- funnily enoughidiom
- ghostliness
- ghoul
- perverse
- perversely
- perversity
- perverted
- pervy
- wack
- wackadoodle
- wackiness
- wacky
- warped
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Not expected or planned
queer
noun[C]
oftenoffensiveuk/kwɪər/us/kwɪr/apersonwhosegenderidentityorsexualitydoes notfitsociety'straditionalideasaboutgenderorsexuality:
Critiques ofmainstreamqueerrepresentationfromtranspeopleand queers ofcolourplayedanimportantroleinimprovingrepresentation.
Note:
- Queercan be offensive to some people. Only use this word if a person describes themselves in this way.
queer
verb[T]
uk/kwɪər/us/kwɪr/tochangesomething so that it does notrelateonly to onegender, eithermaleorfemale, or so that it nolongerfitstraditionalideasaboutgenderorsexuality:
Teenageboyswith Instagramaccountsare queering thecosmeticsindustry.
queersomeone'spitchUKinformal
tospoilachanceor anopportunityfor someone, oftenintentionally:
If sheasksDan for apayrisebefore I do, it willprobablyqueer mypitch.要是她先于我向丹提出加薪，那可能会毁了我加薪的机会。
She'daccusedhim of queering herpitch.
Icertainlyhad nointentionof queering hispitch.
I'mquitesureyou didn'tmeanto queer mypitch.
IsuspecthethinksItriedto queer hispitch, which Iassuredlydid not.
Synonym
thwart
Damaging and spoiling
- adulterate
- adulterated
- adulteration
- alloy
- at the expense ofsomeoneidiom
- at-risk
- erode
- flaw
- foul
- foul(something)up
- gild the lilyidiom
- gloss
- gnaw
- ravage
- ravages
- ruin
- scourge
- scuff
- sour
- wreck