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Homophobic

//ˈhəʊ.məˌfəʊ.bɪk// adj, noun

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Exhibiting homophobia; characteristic of homophobes.

    "homophobic abuse"

  2. 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. 3
    Having different colored eyes. Deliberate misspelling of heterochromic. Internet, humorous

    "both our algorithms are blessed with homophobic beauty 🥰😍"

Adjective
  1. 1
    prejudiced against homosexual people wordnet
Noun
  1. 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."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From homo- (“homosexual”) + -phobic.

Etymology 2

From homo- (“homosexual”) + -phobic.

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