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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for queerish
  1. sick
  2. funny
  3. bizarre
  4. strange
  5. weird
  6. odd
  7. peculiar
  8. curious
Adjective
  • By Weiland’s estimates, up to 300,000 people in the U.S. are currently getting sick with COVID-19 each day, compared to around 1 million cases per day around this time in recent years.
    Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 18 Dec. 2024
  • But then Carey got sick with the flu, and was forced to cancel the first show of her 2024 Christmas Time tour.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of sick
Adjective
  • Crandell, the Harvard physiatrist, is a funny, brainy, and upbeat clinician who treats people with amputations in the Spaulding Rehabilitation Center, a building overlooking Boston Harbor.
    Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
  • An Instax camera snaps photos throughout the night, the shots progressively funnier the more nog is consumed.
    Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of funny
Adjective
  • Red One seemed like a bizarre experiment, some sort of action film-adjacent Santa Claus movie starring Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans that almost seemed to be a sort of parody of itself.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Her material consists of tales of her bizarre upbringing, highly unconventional family, and filterless confessions of her time on this filthy planet.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of bizarre
Adjective
  • At the time, federal law gave the Bureau a strange grab bag of investigative duties, ranging from interstate prostitution to antitrust violations.
    Beverly Gage, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2024
  • When Sandy goes missing, the line between reality and game blurs and Conor must venture into the strange world of OBEX to bring her home.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of strange
Adjective
  • Danny Boyle and Alex Garland are returning after 22 years to make 28 Years Later, though the original film, 28 Days Later, has remained one of cinema’s weirdest modern days stories.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • That was such a weird sensation—to just have paper towels stuffed deep in your skin.
    Julia Ries, SELF, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of weird
Adjective
  • Darden Restaurants got an odd price target boost at Morgan Stanley to $193 per share from $188 ahead of Thursday’s earnings.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Still, Miranda’s talents remain an odd match for Disney, leaving Lebo M — a vocalist from the first movie — to elevate the soundtrack once again, reinforcing the connection to Zulu rhythms and chants.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of odd
Adjective
  • Their peculiar stories illustrate how history tends to repeat itself because memory is fallible.
    Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2024
  • The story of how America’s richest financiers avoid paying Medicare tax gives unique insight into the peculiar, messy way taxes work in the U.S.
    Paul Kiel, ProPublica, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of peculiar
Adjective
  • Here, tech must withstand ever-changing conditions, from fluctuating temperatures to rain and snowfall, and even curious creatures, such as mice.
    Sabrina Weiss, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Usually people get curious and ask — sometimes in the form of a contract — to see cuts, which for me, as a journalist, is problematic.
    Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of curious
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