queerest

Adjective

queer (comparative queerer, superlative queerest)

1. (colloquial, derogatory, sometimes) Homosexual.
   • “Such a Momma’s boy.” The old men had started up again—or perhaps they had never stopped. “No matter who he schtupped. Even Marilyn. I wouldn’t be surprised he was queer.” / “Strange, yes. Weird, yes. Queer, I don’t think.”1979, Michael Nickolay, chapter 9, in Brother & Sister: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: J. B. Lippincott Company, →ISBN, page 100
2. (colloquial, derogatory, sometimes) Non-heterosexual or non-cisgender: homosexual, bisexual, asexual, transgender, etc.

   Synonyms:

   homophile, homosexual, like that, similisexual, that way

3. (broadly) Pertaining to sexual or gender behaviour or identity which does not conform to conventional heterosexual or cisgender norms, assumptions etc.
   • the queer community
4. (dated, humorous, often) Strange, odd, or different; whimsical.
   • An old long-faced, long-bodied servant, gave a queer look1824, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], Tales of a Traveller, (please specify |part=1 to 4), Philadelphia, Pa.: H[enry] C[harles] Carey & I[saac] Lea, […], →OCLC

   Synonyms:

   aberrant, abnormal, alien, anomalous, as queer as Dick's hatband, bizarre, booky, curious, deviant, discrepant

5. (UK, dated, informal) Slightly unwell.
   • I felt queer after eating those shrimp.

   Synonyms:

   diseased, disease-ridden, infect, infected, morbid, morbific, morbose, unhealthy

6. (UK, dated, slang) Drunk.

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