queered

verb

past tense of queer
1
as in humiliated

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2
as in dented

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for queered
  1. humiliated
  2. dented
  3. shamed
  4. botched
  5. debased
  6. wounded
  7. degraded
  8. lacerated
Verb
  • After being publicly humiliated by Daemon Targaryen and lured to switch sides (with his dragon) to the Greens by Ormund Hightower, party animal Ulf is still drunk and MIA when the battle starts.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Each action can increase the pressure on the person being humiliated.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of humiliated
Verb
  • Marvel dented its reputation as a box-office juggernaut after several of the franchise's films — remember The Marvels — fell well short of expectations.
    — Jair Hilburn, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • In recent years, several business closures have dented EAV’s status as a dining destination.
    — Henri Hollis, AJC.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of dented
Verb
  • The women were shamed into surrendering their babies by their families and a powerful church.
    — Bill Whitaker, CBS News, 12 July 2026
  • But because there are rules and codes that have to be honored to make sports work, the transgressors typically are penalized or at least shamed for doing so.
    — Vahe Gregorian July 7, Kansas City Star, 7 July 2026
Definition of shamed
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  • The way the Nuggets botched their roster-building — the Zeke Nnaji contract and Reggie Jackson-to-Charlotte trade providing the nadir — around Jokic, most NBA icons, by now, would’ve fled our fair landlocked shores.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 9 Aug. 2026
  • New starting center Jared Wilson botched another snap working with Maye.
    — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 30 July 2026
Definition of botched
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  • Look at how much the city had debased this pilgrim in six months, a year.
    — David Hajdu, The Atlantic, 16 July 2026
  • Haphazardly propped on the ground with wiring and hardware exposed, the flags appear as symbols debased and emptied after centuries of misuse.
    — Rachel Wetzler, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
Definition of debased
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  • In Russia, five people were wounded when a fire broke out at the Ilsky Oil Refinery in the southern Krasnodar region due to debris from a falling drone, local officials said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026
  • More than 20 people were wounded and nine remained in critical condition following the shooting.
    — Connor Greene, Time, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of wounded
Verb
  • The filing argued the sequence of testing was critical because Othram's single nucleotide polymorphism, or SNP, testing requires DNA that has not already been depleted or degraded through prior analysis.
    — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 31 July 2026
  • Global conflict has already degraded the collaborative atmosphere at CERN, Llewellyn Smith said.
    — Lisa Song, CNN Money, 28 July 2026
Definition of degraded
Verb
  • Jen Macdonel, Claire Macdonel's mother, told Fox News Digital that the barracuda attack lacerated four of her daughter's tendons, in addition to a nerve and a ligament.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 31 July 2026
  • They are lacerated by propellers.
    — Jessica Camille Aguirre, New Yorker, 2 May 2026
Definition of lacerated
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