| noun | offensive term for an openly homosexual man |
| verb | hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of “What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge” |
| verb | put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position |
| adjective | beyond or deviating from the usual or expected “a curious hybrid accent” |
| adjective | homosexual or arousing homosexual desires |
| thwarter | noun | someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take |
| thwarting | noun | an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts |
| foiling | noun | an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts |
| cross | noun | any affliction that causes great suffering |
| frustrative | adjective | preventing realization or attainment of a desire |
| frustration | noun | a feeling of annoyance at being hindered or criticized |
| exposure | noun | the state of being vulnerable or exposed |
| peril | noun | a state of danger involving risk |
| curiousness | noun | the quality of being alien or not native |
| curiosity | noun | something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting |
| oddity | noun | something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting |
| peculiarity | noun | something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting |
| queerness | noun | a strange attitude or habit |
| singularity | noun | strangeness by virtue of being remarkable or unusual |
| gay | noun | someone who practices homosexuality; having a sexual attraction to persons of the same sex |
| gayness | noun | a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex |