Queerness — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a strange attitude or habit

a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kwˈɪɹnəs/

🇬🇧British English

/kwˈiənəs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/kwˈiənəs/

2 syllables Say it as /kwˈɪɹnəs/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

quirkiness crotchet homosexualism homoeroticism homosexuality quirk gayness oddity

Word Forms

queer	adjective	beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
quirky	adjective	informal terms; strikingly unconventional
crotchety	adjective	having a difficult and contrary disposition; - Dorothy Sayers
homosexual	adjective	sexually attracted to members of your own sex
homoerotic	adjective	of or concerning homosexual love
gay	adjective	homosexual or arousing homosexual desires

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Seltsamkeit

eine seltsame Einstellung oder Gewohnheit

🇫🇷French

étrangeté

une attitude ou une habitude étrange

🇪🇸Spanish

rareza

una actitud o hábito extraño

🇮🇹Italian

stranezza

uno strano atteggiamento o abitudine

🇳🇱Dutch

vreemdheid

een vreemde houding of gewoonte

🇵🇹Portuguese

estranheza

uma atitude ou hábito estranho

🇷🇺Russian

странность

странное отношение или привычка

India

🇮🇳Hindi

विलक्षणता

एक अजीब रवैया या आदत

🇧🇩Bengali

অদ্ভুততা

একটি অদ্ভুত মনোভাব বা অভ্যাস

🇮🇳Tamil

விந்தை

ஒரு விசித்திரமான அணுகுமுறை அல்லது பழக்கம்

🇮🇳Telugu

విచిత్రం

ఒక వింత వైఖరి లేదా అలవాటు

🇮🇳Marathi

विचित्रपणा

एक विचित्र वृत्ती किंवा सवय

🇮🇳Gujarati

વિલક્ષણતા

એક વિચિત્ર વલણ અથવા ટેવ

🇮🇳Kannada

ವಿಲಕ್ಷಣತೆ

ವಿಚಿತ್ರ ವರ್ತನೆ ಅಥವಾ ಅಭ್ಯಾಸ

🇮🇳Malayalam

വിചിത്രത

ഒരു വിചിത്രമായ മനോഭാവം അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ശീലം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਵਿਅੰਗਾਤਮਕਤਾ

ਇੱਕ ਅਜੀਬ ਰਵੱਈਆ ਜਾਂ ਆਦਤ

🇵🇰Urdu

نرالا پن

ایک عجیب رویہ یا عادت

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

酷儿

奇怪的态度或习惯

🇯🇵Japanese

奇妙さ

奇妙な態度や習慣

🇰🇷Korean

괴상함

이상한 태도나 습관

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự kỳ lạ

một thái độ hoặc thói quen kỳ lạ

🇹🇭Thai

ความเคียดแค้น

ทัศนคติหรือนิสัยแปลก ๆ

🇮🇩Indonesian

keanehan

sikap atau kebiasaan yang aneh

🇵🇭Filipino

pagiging queerness

kakaibang ugali o ugali

🇲🇾Malay

keanehan

sikap atau tabiat yang pelik

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

شىء غريب

موقف أو عادة غريبة

🇮🇷Persian

عجیب و غریب

نگرش یا عادت عجیب

🇹🇷Turkish

tuhaflık

garip bir tutum veya alışkanlık

🇮🇱Hebrew

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