queer
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(verb) put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position |
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Synonyms: endanger, expose, peril, scupper |
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Related Words: affect, bear on, bear upon, compromise, impact, subject, touch, touch on |
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(satellite adjective) homosexual or arousing homosexual desires |
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Synonyms: gay, homophile |
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(verb) to hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of: "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge." |
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Synonyms: baffle, bilk, cross, foil, frustrate, scotch, spoil, thwart |
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Related Words: dash, forbid, foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent, ruin, short-circuit |
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(satellite adjective) (informal) not as expected; "there was something fishy about the accident"; "up to some funny business"; "some definitely queer goings-on"; "a shady deal"; "her motives were suspect"; "suspicious behavior" |
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Synonyms: fishy, funny, shady, suspect, suspicious |
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(satellite adjective) beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; "a curious hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something definitely queer about this town"; "what a rum fellow"; "singular behavior" |
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Synonyms: curious, funny, odd, peculiar, rum, rummy, singular |
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(noun) a disparaging term for an openly homosexual man |
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Synonyms: fag, faggot, fagot, fairy, pansy, poof, poove, pouf |
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Related Words: gay man |
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