English Words: Q

2,880 words · Page 35 of 58

queer as a three dollar billadj

Synonym of queer as a clockwork orange.

queer as Dick's hatbandadj

Very queer: very unusual or strange.

queer bashernoun

One who participates in queer bashing.

queer bashingnoun

Prejudice or violence against queer people.

queer ducknoun

A strange person, an odd duck, especially if possibly gay.

queer fishnoun

An odd or eccentric person.

queer kennoun

A prison.

queer paradenoun

Pride parade.

queer someone's pitchverb

To make a task more difficult for someone.

Queer Streetname

A stunned condition.

queer theoreticaladj

Relating to queer theory.

queer-baitingnoun

Alternative form of queerbaiting.

queer-bashverb

To commit violence against (a queer person) for reasons of prejudice.

queerableadj

Able to be queered.

queerantagonismnoun

Antipathy toward queer people.

queerantinenoun

A quarantine experienced by one or more queer (sexually unconventional) people during the COVID-19 pandemic.

queerbaitnoun

A man who is attractive to queer/gay people.

queerbaiternoun

One who engages in queerbaiting.

queerbaitingnoun

The practice of creating homoerotic tension between two characters in a narrative work (particularly a television series) without the intention of ever developing it into an actual same-sex relationship or explicitly addressing the question of either character's sexuality.

queerbaityadj

Exhibiting or characterized by queerbaiting.

queercorenoun

A subculture of young, rebellious homosexuals that was an offshoot of the punk movement of the 1980s.

queercripadj

Belonging to, characteristic of, or related to both the disabled and LGBT communities.

queerdarnoun

The supposed ability to detect whether or not a person is queer by observing that person.

queerdonoun

A particularly strange LGBTQ+ person.

queerdomnoun

The world of queer (non-heterosexual) people; queer people collectively.

queerernoun

One who queers something.

queerestadj

superlative form of queer: most queer

queerhoodnoun

The state or condition of being queer; queerness

queerienoun

Alternative form of queery.

queerificationnoun

The process of making or becoming queer, i.e. not conforming to mainstream sexual identity or behaviour.

queerifyverb

To make queer; to cause not to conform to mainstream sexual identity or behaviour.

queeriousadj

Queer, curious: weird, odd, strange, bizarre.

queerishadj

Somewhat queer.

queerishlyadv

In a manner that is somewhat queer.

queerishnessnoun

The quality of being queerish.

queerismnoun

The beliefs and practices of queer people, i.e. those with unconventional sexuality.

queerizationnoun

Process of making queer (homosexual, transgender, etc.).

queerizeverb

To make queer (homosexual, transgender, etc.); to queer.

queerlordnoun

A homosexual person.

queerlyadv

In a queer (strange) manner.

queermisianoun

Hatred of queer people.

queermisicadj

Hating queer people; prejudiced against queer people.

queermonoun

A homosexual.

queernessnoun

The quality of being queer or odd.

queernormadj

Clipping of queernormative.

queernormativeadj

Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting queernormativity.

queernormativitynoun

Normalization of queer people, identities, and relationships, especially in a manner that centers or privileges some forms of queerness over others.

queerosexualnoun

A homosexual.

queerphobianoun

Fear or hatred of queer people. (Compare homophobia.)

queerphobicadj

Having a fear or hatred of queer people.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English alphabetical index for the letter Q contains 2,880 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 58 pages, and you are currently viewing page 35. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

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