English words for 'The quality of being queerish.'
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adv
adj
- (loosely) Pertaining to sexual or gender behaviour or identity which does not conform to conventional heterosexual or cisgender norms, assumptions etc.
- (colloquial, sometimes derogatory) Non-heterosexual or non-cisgender: homosexual, bisexual, asexual, transgender, etc.
- (colloquial, sometimes derogatory) Homosexual.
- beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
- homosexual or arousing homosexual desires
noun
- (colloquial, sometimes derogatory) A person of any non-heterosexual sexuality or sexual identity.
- (colloquial, sometimes derogatory) A person of any genderqueer identity.
- (colloquial, sometimes derogatory) A person who is or appears homosexual, or who has homosexual qualities.
- offensive term for a homosexual man
verb
- (social sciences) To reevaluate or reinterpret (a work) with an eye to sexual orientation and/or to gender, as by applying queer theory.
- (slang, LGBTQ, neologism) To make a work more appealing or attractive to LGBT people, such as by not having strict genders for playable characters.
- put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
- hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
noun
- (uncountable) The quality of being queer or odd.
- (uncountable) The quality of being queer, in the sense of not conforming to sexual or gender norms.
- (uncountable, possibly offensive) Homosexuality.
- (countable) Something queer; an oddity.
- a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex
- a strange attitude or habit
adj
- Queer; eccentric; crotchety.
- (informal) Marked by unconventional sexual preferences or behavior, as fetishism, sadomasochism, and other sexual practices.
- Full of kinks; liable to kink or curl.
- (informal) strikingly unconventional
- (used of sexual behavior) showing or appealing to bizarre or deviant tastes
- (of hair) in small tight curls
noun
- The word queer.
- Alternative letter-case form of Q-word (“(linguistics) question word”).
- Any word beginning with q, especially one that is not normally taboo but is considered (often humorously) to be so in the given context.
- (humorous, at a workplace) The word quiet, taken as a bad omen that once uttered the workplace will suddenly become exceptionally busy.
noun
adj
- (of an institution or group) Intended for gay people, especially gay men.
- (slang, derogatory) Used to express dislike: lame, uncool, stupid, burdensome, contemptible, generally bad.
- (strictly) Describing a homosexual man.
- (of an animal, by extension) Tending to partner or mate with other individuals of the same sex.
- (slang, with for) Homosexually in love with someone.
- (loosely, of appearance or behavior) Being in accordance with stereotypes of gay people, especially gay men.
- (of a romantic or sexual act or relationship) Between two or more persons perceived to be of the same sex or gender as each other.
- (of a person) Possessing sexual and/or romantic attraction towards people one perceives to be the same sex or gender as oneself.
- (loosely, of a person, especially a man) Exhibiting appearance or behavior that accords with stereotypes of gay people, especially gay men.
- (colloquial) Not heterosexual, not allosexual, or not cisgender: homosexual, bisexual, asexual, transgender, etc.
- (slang, derogatory) Flamboyant or effeminate in behavior.
- (of a dog's tail) Upright or curved over the back.
- (slang, humorous, with for) Infatuated with something, aligning with homosexual stereotypes.
- offering fun and gaiety
- given to social pleasures often including dissipation
- brightly colored and showy
- homosexual or arousing homosexual desires
- bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
- full of or showing high-spirited merriment
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verb
adj
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noun
- (LGBTQ) Ellipsis of sexual orientation.
- (countable) The determination of the relative position of something or someone.
- (mathematical analysis, differential geometry, countable) The choice of which ordered bases are "positively" oriented and which are "negatively" oriented on a real vector space.
- (countable) An inclination, tendency or direction.
- (analytic geometry, topology, countable) The designation of a parametrised curve as "positively" or "negatively" oriented; the analogous description of a surface or hypersurface.
- (countable) The ability to orient, or the process of so doing.
- (countable) An adjustment to a new environment.
- (education) Events to orient new students at a school; events to help new students become familiar with a school.
- (uncountable) The construction of a Christian church to have its aisle in an east-west direction with the altar at the east end.
- (typography, countable) The direction of print across the page; landscape or portrait.
- (countable) An introduction to a (new) environment.
- (countable) The relative physical position or direction of something.
- a course introducing a new situation or environment
- an integrated set of attitudes and beliefs
- the act of orienting
- a person's awareness of self with regard to position and time and place and personal relationships
- position or alignment relative to points of the compass or other specific directions
- a predisposition in favor of something
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noun
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noun
- (especially LGBTQ) Initialism of stand-to-pee.
- (electronics) Initialism of shielded twisted pair.
- (physics, chemistry) Initialism of standard temperature and pressure.
- (uncountable, slang) A hallucinogen (2,5-dimethoxy-4-methylamphetamine), chemically related to amphetamine but with LSD-like effects.
- (networking) Initialism of spanning tree protocol.
- Initialism of sewage treatment plant.
- standard temperature and pressure
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name
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- (LGBTQ) Not asexual; attracted to others.
- (chemistry, biology) An arbitrary member of a heterogenous-but-interrelated group.
- (pathology) Abnormal, defective with respect to the root.
- Different, distinct, or other with respect to the root.
- External, outside, or from a separate location.
- Unconventional, unusual, or unexpected.
- (chemistry, pharmacology) Synthetic, artificial.
- (immunology) Alloimmunity; (biology, medicine, transplantation) transplantation of cells or tissues from one person to another.
- (biology, medicine) Nonself; nonself but of the same species.
- (linguistics) Alternative, variant in form.
- (ethology) Alloparenting: parenting behaviours between animals who are not parent and child.
- (chemistry) a diastereomer having the same configuration on four neighboring chiral carbon atoms as carbohydrate allose.
- Changed or modified.
- (chemistry) Isomeric; especially, of amino acids having two chiral centres, the second diastereoisomer to be discovered or synthesized.
- (chemistry, mineralogy) Impure in composition.
- Variety, heterogeneity.
- (genetics) Hybridization of multiple species.
noun
- (uncountable) The quality of being queer or odd.
- (uncountable) The quality of being queer, in the sense of not conforming to sexual or gender norms.
- (uncountable, possibly offensive) Homosexuality.
- (countable) Something queer; an oddity.
- a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex
- a strange attitude or habit
noun
- The word queer.
- Alternative letter-case form of Q-word (“(linguistics) question word”).
- Any word beginning with q, especially one that is not normally taboo but is considered (often humorously) to be so in the given context.
- (humorous, at a workplace) The word quiet, taken as a bad omen that once uttered the workplace will suddenly become exceptionally busy.
noun
adj
- (of an institution or group) Intended for gay people, especially gay men.
- (slang, derogatory) Used to express dislike: lame, uncool, stupid, burdensome, contemptible, generally bad.
- (strictly) Describing a homosexual man.
- (of an animal, by extension) Tending to partner or mate with other individuals of the same sex.
- (slang, with for) Homosexually in love with someone.
- (loosely, of appearance or behavior) Being in accordance with stereotypes of gay people, especially gay men.
- (of a romantic or sexual act or relationship) Between two or more persons perceived to be of the same sex or gender as each other.
- (of a person) Possessing sexual and/or romantic attraction towards people one perceives to be the same sex or gender as oneself.
- (loosely, of a person, especially a man) Exhibiting appearance or behavior that accords with stereotypes of gay people, especially gay men.
- (colloquial) Not heterosexual, not allosexual, or not cisgender: homosexual, bisexual, asexual, transgender, etc.
- (slang, derogatory) Flamboyant or effeminate in behavior.
- (of a dog's tail) Upright or curved over the back.
- (slang, humorous, with for) Infatuated with something, aligning with homosexual stereotypes.
- offering fun and gaiety
- given to social pleasures often including dissipation
- brightly colored and showy
- homosexual or arousing homosexual desires
- bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
- full of or showing high-spirited merriment
adv
verb
noun
- (LGBTQ) Ellipsis of sexual orientation.
- (countable) The determination of the relative position of something or someone.
- (mathematical analysis, differential geometry, countable) The choice of which ordered bases are "positively" oriented and which are "negatively" oriented on a real vector space.
- (countable) An inclination, tendency or direction.
- (analytic geometry, topology, countable) The designation of a parametrised curve as "positively" or "negatively" oriented; the analogous description of a surface or hypersurface.
- (countable) The ability to orient, or the process of so doing.
- (countable) An adjustment to a new environment.
- (education) Events to orient new students at a school; events to help new students become familiar with a school.
- (uncountable) The construction of a Christian church to have its aisle in an east-west direction with the altar at the east end.
- (typography, countable) The direction of print across the page; landscape or portrait.
- (countable) An introduction to a (new) environment.
- (countable) The relative physical position or direction of something.
- a course introducing a new situation or environment
- an integrated set of attitudes and beliefs
- the act of orienting
- a person's awareness of self with regard to position and time and place and personal relationships
- position or alignment relative to points of the compass or other specific directions
- a predisposition in favor of something
noun
- (especially LGBTQ) Initialism of stand-to-pee.
- (electronics) Initialism of shielded twisted pair.
- (physics, chemistry) Initialism of standard temperature and pressure.
- (uncountable, slang) A hallucinogen (2,5-dimethoxy-4-methylamphetamine), chemically related to amphetamine but with LSD-like effects.
- (networking) Initialism of spanning tree protocol.
- Initialism of sewage treatment plant.
- standard temperature and pressure
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adv
adj
- (loosely) Pertaining to sexual or gender behaviour or identity which does not conform to conventional heterosexual or cisgender norms, assumptions etc.
- (colloquial, sometimes derogatory) Non-heterosexual or non-cisgender: homosexual, bisexual, asexual, transgender, etc.
- (colloquial, sometimes derogatory) Homosexual.
- beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
- homosexual or arousing homosexual desires
noun
- (colloquial, sometimes derogatory) A person of any non-heterosexual sexuality or sexual identity.
- (colloquial, sometimes derogatory) A person of any genderqueer identity.
- (colloquial, sometimes derogatory) A person who is or appears homosexual, or who has homosexual qualities.
- offensive term for a homosexual man
verb
- (social sciences) To reevaluate or reinterpret (a work) with an eye to sexual orientation and/or to gender, as by applying queer theory.
- (slang, LGBTQ, neologism) To make a work more appealing or attractive to LGBT people, such as by not having strict genders for playable characters.
- put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
- hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
adj
- Queer; eccentric; crotchety.
- (informal) Marked by unconventional sexual preferences or behavior, as fetishism, sadomasochism, and other sexual practices.
- Full of kinks; liable to kink or curl.
- (informal) strikingly unconventional
- (used of sexual behavior) showing or appealing to bizarre or deviant tastes
- (of hair) in small tight curls