Antonyms for queering
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : kweer |
| Phonetic Transcription : kwɪər |
- abet
- adorn
- aggravate
- agitate
- aid
- allow
- approve
- assist
- balance
- beautify
- begin
- build
- build up
- clean
- clear up
- close
- compliment
- confront
- construct
- create
- cure
- decorate
- delight
- develop
- disturb
- do
- do well
- embellish
- encounter
- encourage
- enhance
- enlarge
- enlighten
- establish
- expand
- explain
- extend
- face
- facilitate
- fail
- fasten
- fix
- forward
- free
- grow
- heal
- help
- improve
- increase
- invigorate
- irritate
- let go
- liberate
- lose
- make happy
- meet
- mend
- order
- organize
- ornament
- permit
- perturb
- please
- praise
- raise
- release
- repair
- restore
- revive
- save
- schedule
- separate
- set up
- start
- straighten
- strengthen
- succeed
- support
- surrender
- take on
- upgrade
- uphold
- validate
- win
- yield
Definition of queering
Origin :- c.1500, "strange, peculiar, eccentric," from Scottish, perhaps from Low German (Brunswick dialect) queer "oblique, off-center," related to German quer "oblique, perverse, odd," from Old High German twerh "oblique," from PIE root *terkw- "to turn, twist, wind" (see thwart (adv.)).
- Sense of "homosexual" first recorded 1922; the noun in this sense is 1935, from the adjective. Related: Queerly. Queer studies as an academic discipline attested from 1994.
- As in mar : verb hurt, damage
- As in quell : verb defeat, suppress
- As in screw up : verb make a mess of
- As in thwart : verb stop, hinder
- As in undo : verb nullify, invalidate
- As in circumvent : verb fool, mislead
- As in impair : verb harm, hinder
Synonyms for queering
- abate
- abolish
- abrogate
- annihilate
- annul
- avoid
- baffle
- balk
- beat
- beguile
- bend
- bilk
- blemish
- blight
- blot
- blow
- blunt
- bobble
- bollix
- botch
- break
- bring down
- bring to naught
- bruise
- bungle
- bypass
- cancel
- cheapen
- check
- circumnavigate
- circumvent
- confuse
- conquer
- counter
- crab
- cramp
- craze
- crimp
- cross
- crush
- curb
- damage
- dash
- debase
- debilitate
- deceive
- decimate
- decrease
- deface
- defeat
- deform
- demolish
- destroy
- deteriorate
- detour
- detract
- devaluate
- devalue
- diminish
- ding
- disappoint
- disfigure
- disqualify
- ditch
- dodge
- double-cross
- duck
- dupe
- elude
- enervate
- enfeeble
- ensnare
- entrap
- escape
- evade
- extinguish
- flub
- foil
- foul up
- frustrate
- get around
- give the slip
- goof
- goof up
- harm
- have
- hold up
- hoodwink
- hurt
- hush up
- impair
- impede
- impoverish
- injure
- invalidate
- kill
- lessen
- lose strength
- louse
- louse up
- maim
- make hash of
- make useless
- make waves
- mangle
- mar
- match
- mess
- mess up
- mishandle
- mismanage
- muck up
- muddle
- muff
- mutilate
- negate
- neutralize
- obstruct
- offset
- oppose
- outflank
- outfox
- outmaneuver
- outsmart
- outwit
- overcome
- overpower
- overreach
- overthrow
- overturn
- pit
- play off
- prejudice
- prevent
- put down
- put the lid on
- quash
- queer
- quench
- raze
- reduce
- restrain
- reverse
- rough up
- ruin
- scar
- scotch
- scratch
- screw up
- shake up
- shatter
- shun
- shut down
- sidestep
- silence
- sit on
- skin
- skirt
- smash
- snafu
- spoil
- stain
- stamp out
- stave off
- steer clear of
- stifle
- stop
- stump
- stymie
- subdue
- subjugate
- subvert
- sully
- taint
- take down
- take wind out of
- tarnish
- thwart
- total
- trammel
- trick
- tweak
- unbuild
- undermine
- unfit
- unsettle
- upset
- upset one's apple cart
- vanquish
- vitiate
- ward off
- warp
- weaken
- wipe out
- worsen
- wrack
- wreck
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