queering

verb

present participle of queer
1
as in shaming

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2
as in botching

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for queering
  1. shaming
  2. botching
  3. humiliating
  4. denting
  5. degrading
  6. mutilating
  7. debasing
  8. lacerating
Verb
  • History was made this week on Capitol Hill when a female senator womansplained sports to a male senator, and surprisingly, the gender-shaming reversal did not cause the universe to collapse on itself.
    — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
  • There is no point in shaming yourself for taking the elevator.
    — James Davis, Forbes.com, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of shaming
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  • Carroll also stepped on its foot a bit, botching a punt that set up Smith’s first score.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The look was a polarizing one, leading the Spaniard to blame one of his brothers for botching the assignment.
    — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026
Definition of botching
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  • The Iranians are now setting the terms of this conflict and are routinely humiliating the American president.
    — Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
  • Instead of demanding personal fealty or humiliating them to assert personal dominance, Lincoln absorbed their egos and occasional slights, elevating their talents and turning his fiercest political adversaries into his most devoted champions.
    — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 24 June 2026
Definition of humiliating
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  • Air raid alerts are disrupting daily life, sending people running for shelter and denting economic output.
    — Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026
  • An in-form and unbeaten Hull City side will be tough opponents for a Newcastle team whose early-season results were positive but whose performances had been mixed — and who have now suffered a massively confidence-denting defeat.
    — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of denting
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  • Local farms face ever degrading soil conditions, tougher markets and more extreme weather patterns.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Germany's Constitutional Court ruled last year that the extradition was unlawful because it could not be guaranteed that the defendant would not be subject to inhumane or degrading treatment in Hungarian custody.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2026
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  • East Village resident Daniel Rakowitz was charged with killing and mutilating a female acquaintance in 1989, then trying to get rid of the evidence by making soup out of her remains and serving it in Tompkins Square Park.
    — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The 21-year-old pleaded not guilty last month to charges including first-degree murder with special circumstances, lewd and lascivious acts with an individual under 14 and mutilating a body.
    — Austin Turner, CBS News, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of mutilating
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  • This rousing tribute to the free press, delivered by the son of a journalist, was followed by the world premiere of Danny Boyle’s Ink, a film about how the journalists at British tabloid The Sun ended up debasing our entire society.
    — Nate Jones, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Most of us would deny that any socially useful work can be or should be debasing.
    — Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 2 June 2026
Definition of debasing
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  • Two generations of viewers have now grown up consuming The Daily Show’s lacerating take on politics.
    — Chris Smith, Vanity Fair, 13 July 2026
  • In the last year, Huston has broken his eye socket — twice — and his jaw, as well as lacerating his kidney, per posts on his social media.
    — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 28 June 2026
Definition of lacerating
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“Queering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/queering. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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