queer
adjective
[ kwɪə ]
• strange; odd.
• "she had a queer feeling that they were being watched"
Similar:
odd,
strange,
unusual,
funny,
peculiar,
curious,
bizarre,
weird,
outlandish,
eccentric,
unconventional,
unorthodox,
uncanny,
unexpected,
unfamiliar,
abnormal,
anomalous,
atypical,
untypical,
different,
out of the ordinary,
out of the way,
extraordinary,
remarkable,
puzzling,
mystifying,
mysterious,
perplexing,
baffling,
unaccountable,
incongruous,
uncommon,
irregular,
outré,
offbeat,
singular,
deviant,
aberrant,
freak,
freakish,
suspicious,
dubious,
questionable,
eerie,
unnatural,
unco,
fishy,
creepy,
spooky,
freaky,
rum,
off the wall,
bizarro,
suspect,
doubtful,
murky,
dark,
criminal,
dishonest,
corrupt,
nefarious,
crafty,
deceitful,
shifty,
underhand,
dishonourable,
unscrupulous,
unprincipled,
fraudulent,
illegal,
unlawful,
shady,
bent,
• (of a person) homosexual.
queer
noun
• a gay man.
queer
verb
• spoil or ruin (an agreement, event, or situation).
• "Reg didn't want someone meddling and queering the deal at the last minute"
Similar:
spoil,
damage,
impair,
harm,
be detrimental to,
mar,
wreck,
destroy,
devastate,
smash,
shatter,
scupper,
scotch,
disrupt,
undo,
thwart,
hinder,
foil,
ruin,
blight,
injure,
cripple,
hurt,
jeopardize,
endanger,
imperil,
threaten,
put at risk,
undermine,
prejudice,
be prejudicial to,
be disadvantageous to,
play havoc with,
be deleterious to,
compromise,
botch,
blow,
put the kibosh on,
Origin:
early 16th century: considered to be from German quer ‘oblique, perverse’, but the origin is doubtful.
