Ungay
adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 To make not gay or less gay. transitive
"He was too preoccupied by too many different feelings to think rationally and realize that he was doing it again, trying to “ungay” himself."
- 1 Not gay; not cheerful or merry. dated
"With specious baits they dangle the lure of cheapness as the sole attraction. Cheap clothes represent the falsest of all economies. Their life is not only short, it is exceedingly unpleasant and obviously ungay."
- 2 Not homosexual.
"I had not come out yet and he was out but wasn't; quite ungay, I would say, and yet gay."
- 3 Not gay (all senses)
"That movie was gay. Are you kidding me? That was the most ungay movie ever made!"
Example
More examples"With specious baits they dangle the lure of cheapness as the sole attraction. Cheap clothes represent the falsest of all economies. Their life is not only short, it is exceedingly unpleasant and obviously ungay."
Etymology
From un- (“non-, not”) + gay.
From un- (“de-, dis-”) + gay.
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