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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
queer
offensive term for an openly homosexual man
• Syn:
fagot, faggot, fag, fairy, nance,
pansy, queen, poof, poove, pouf
• Usage Domain:
disparagement, depreciation, derogation
• Hypernyms:
gay man, shirtlifter
1. hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
- What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge
- foil your opponent
• Syn:
thwart, spoil, scotch, foil, cross,
frustrate, baffle, bilk
• See Also:
double cross (for: cross)
• Derivationally related forms:
frustrative (for: frustrate), frustration (for: frustrate), cross (for: cross), foiling (for: foil), thwarter (for: thwart), thwarting (for: thwart)
• Hypernyms:
prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid
• Hyponyms:
disappoint, let down, dash, short-circuit, ruin
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
• Syn:
expose, scupper, endanger, peril
• Derivationally related forms:
peril (for: peril), exposure (for: expose)
• Hypernyms:
affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
• Hyponyms:
compromise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
1. beyond or deviating from the usual or expected (Freq. 9)
- 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
• Syn:
curious, funny, odd, peculiar, rum,
rummy, singular
• Similar to:
strange, unusual
• Derivationally related forms:
singularity (for: singular), queerness, peculiarity (for: peculiar), oddity (for: odd), curiousness (for: curious), curiosity (for: curious)
2. homosexual or arousing homosexual desires
• Syn:
gay, homophile
• Similar to:
homosexual
• Derivationally related forms:
queerness, gay (for: gay), gayness (for: gay)
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