| ADJECTIVE | all | queer, curious, funny, odd, peculiar, rum, rummy, singular | beyond or deviating from the usual or expected |
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| all | queer, gay, homophile | homosexual or arousing homosexual desires | |
| NOUN | person | queer, fagot, faggot, fag, fairy, nance, pansy, queen, poof, poove, pouf | offensive term for an openly homosexual man |
| VERB | social | queer, thwart, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk | hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of |
| communication | queer, expose, scupper, endanger, peril | put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position |
| Sounds | kwih'r | |
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| Rhymes | acyclovir ... zaire / Zaire: 93 rhymes with ihr... | |
| Meaning | Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected. | |
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| Example | "something definitely queer about this town" | |
| Synonyms | curious, funny, odd, peculiar, rum, rummy, singular | |
| Broader | strange, unusual | definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected |
| Spanish | curioso, extraño, inusual, original, peculiar, raro, singular | |
| Catalan | curiós, estrany, original, peculiar, rar, singular | |
| Nouns | queerness | a strange attitude or habit |
| Adverbs | queerly | in a strange manner |
| Meaning | homosexual or arousing homosexual desires. | |
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| Synonyms | gay, homophile | |
| Broader | homosexual | sexually attracted to members of your own sex |
| Spanish | gay, homosexual, marica | |
| Catalan | gai, homosexual, marica, marieta | |
| Nouns | queerness | a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex |
| Meaning | Offensive term for an openly homosexual man. | |
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| Synonyms | fagot, faggot, fag, fairy, nance, pansy, queen, poof, poove, pouf | |
| Broader | homosexual, homophile, homo, gay | someone who practices homosexuality |
| Usage of | disparagement, depreciation, derogation | A communication that belittles somebody or something |
| Spanish | bujarra, bujarrón, loca, marica, maricón, mariposa, mariposón, moña, pluma, puto, queer, sarasa | |
| Catalan | fada, marica, maricó, marieta, monya | |
| Meaning | hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | thwart, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk | |
| Narrower | dash | Destroy or break |
| disappoint, let down | fail to meet the hopes or expectations of | |
| ruin | Destroy or cause to fail | |
| short-circuit | hamper the progress of | |
| Broader | prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid | Keep from happening / happening or arising |
| Spanish | contrariar, defraudar, desbaratar, estafar, estropear, frustrar | |
| Catalan | defraudar, desbaratar, estafar, frustrar, trastornar | |
| Meaning | put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | expose, scupper, endanger, peril | |
| Narrower | compromise | expose or make liable to danger, suspicion, or disrepute |
| Broader | affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch | Have an effect upon |
| Spanish | arriesgar, comprometer, exponer | |
| Catalan | arriscar, comprometre, exposar | |
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