queer
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- strange, abnormal, curious, droll, extraordinary, funny, odd, peculiar, uncommon, unusual, weird
- faint, dizzy, giddy, light-headed, queasy

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Related Words: doubtful, dubious, questionable, droll, funny, laughable

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I. queer¹ /kwɪə $ kwɪr/ adjective
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: Perhaps from German quer 'going across']

1. taboo an offensive word used to describe someone who is homosexual, especially a man. Do not use this word.

2. old-fashioned strange or difficult to explain:
She gave a queer laugh.
Hank was beginning to feel a little queer.

3. queer in the head old-fashioned slightly crazy
—queerly adverb:
Sue looked at him queerly.

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II. queer² noun [countable]
taboo an offensive word for a homosexual person, especially a man. Do not use this word.

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III. queer³ verb
queer sb’s pitch/queer the pitch for somebody British English informal to make it difficult for someone to do something that they had planned to do

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