Homophobic
adj, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A homophobe.
"Painful as skid row life is for everyone, it becomes doubly so for the gay segment of the population. If you can for a moment visualize yourself living in a house with hundreds of homophobics you have the idea; and there are few closets where one can hide."
- 1 Exhibiting homophobia; characteristic of homophobes.
"homophobic abuse"
- 2 Inconvenient, annoying, irritating. excessive, humorous
"My bus left right as I got to the station. It's so homophobic of the driver to not wait for me!"
- 3 Having different colored eyes. Deliberate misspelling of heterochromic. Internet, humorous
"both our algorithms are blessed with homophobic beauty 🥰😍"
- 1 prejudiced against homosexual people wordnet
Example
More examples""Santorum" is an English neologism, named after homophobic American senator Rick Santorum, which describes the mixture of sperm, fecal matter and lubricant sometimes resulting from anal intercourse."
Etymology
From homo- (“homosexual”) + -phobic.
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