queerish

adjective

Definition of queerishnext
1
as in sick
affected with nausea if you don't take that antibiotic with food, you might feel a little queerish at first

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2
as in funny
different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion the guy at the bar bought me a drink that left a queerish taste in my mouth

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  1. sick
  2. funny
  3. bizarre
  4. strange
  5. weird
  6. odd
  7. peculiar
  8. curious
Adjective
  • All but one of those patients had been exposed to sick cattle or poultry on farms.
    Erika Edwards, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • There is no cure for a sick heart, definitely not in Ferrante’s universe, where desire burns down to an ember that lingers, waiting to be fanned and catch fire.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of sick
Adjective
  • This simultaneously funny and profound musical spins around a teenage girl (the lovable Carolee Carmello) suffering from a rare genetic disease that makes her age five times faster than normal.
    Karen D'Souza, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
  • The jokes just aren’t funny enough — though there is one killer line about Shehzada, which was one of Aaryan’s major flops — and the scares aren’t terrifying enough.
    Anupama Chopra, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of funny
Adjective
  • Physicists debated for decades (opens a new tab) whether this bizarre superfluid-solid hybrid could exist.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 6 Nov. 2024
  • When her favorite author from childhood reemerges with a new book and a chance to win the only existing copy, Lucy sets out to win this bizarre competition filled with riddles and games.
    The Courier-Journal, The Courier-Journal, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of bizarre
Adjective
  • One day, a student noticed something strange: One of the rats in the group trained to expect positive experiences had its tail straight up with a crook at the end, resembling the handle of an old-fashioned umbrella.
    Kelly Lambert, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2024
  • The result was a strange hodgepodge of a TV series — novel and interesting in hindsight, but maybe not distinct enough to inspire a spot on the DVR at the time.
    Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
Definition of strange
Adjective
  • Dilettante listing brokers can also cost sellers with bad marketing, weird staging, and a lack of responsiveness.
    Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024
  • He is represented by no gallery, and works in a basement in Brooklyn, from which emerges the fruits of his weird obsessions.
    Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
Definition of weird
Adjective
  • The luxury sedan with the odd name is for buyers with about $80,000 (with all options) to spend and who are considering a break from status quo.
    James Raia, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
  • That’s where Laddie Coburn struck an odd juxtaposition to the traffic jam on West Agate Avenue.
    Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
Definition of odd
Adjective
  • However, because its peculiar shape was reminiscent of a clothes iron, the Flatiron nickname quickly stuck.
    Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Speculation in the media arose that someone close to JonBenet, perhaps a family member, was involved, citing the peculiar circumstances of the crime.
    Nicole Acosta, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of peculiar
Adjective
  • Elon Musk, not Melania or Kimberly Guilfoyle, appears in curious new Trump family photo A bigfoot ‘sighting’ report was logged in Connecticut.
    Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 11 Nov. 2024
  • Still, that's a curious extreme Apple is maintaining here to keep the port out of sight.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
Definition of curious
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