homophobic
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/ˈhəʊ.məˌfəʊ.bɪk/
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/ˈhəʊ.məˌfəʊ.bɪk/ · /ˈhɒ.mə-/ · /ˈhoʊ.məˌfoʊ.bɪk/
Definition of homophobic
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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Exhibiting homophobia; characteristic of homophobes.
“homophobic abuse”
“The nail bomber who killed three people and injured dozens of others in a terrifying campaign last spring told police he was a homophobic Nazi, and that he hoped the explosions would "set fire to the country and stir up a racial war", the Old Bailey heard yesterday.”
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adj
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Exhibiting homophobia; characteristic of homophobes.
“homophobic abuse”
“The nail bomber who killed three people and injured dozens of others in a terrifying campaign last spring told police he was a homophobic Nazi, and that he hoped the explosions would "set fire to the country and stir up a racial war", the Old Bailey heard yesterday.”
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(excessive, humorous)Inconvenient, annoying, irritating.
“My bus left right as I got to the station. It's so homophobic of the driver to not wait for me!”
“It's homophobic that I'm not cuddling my girlfriend right now.”
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(Internet, humorous)Having different colored eyes. Deliberate misspelling of heterochromic.
“both our algorithms are blessed with homophobic beauty 🥰😍”
noun
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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.”
“If you say something negative about homosexuals, you will be labelled an intolerant "homophobic."”
“When placed in a situation that threatens to excite their repressed or latent sexual preferences, homophobics tend to react with panic, anger, and hostility as a means to avert or deny the threat (West, 1977).”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From homo- (“homosexual”) + -phobic.
Words you can make from homophobic
80 playable · top: PHOBIC (15 pts)
Best play phobic 15 points5-letter words
14 words4-letter words
16 words3-letter words
36 words- CHI 8 pts
- HIC 8 pts
- HIM 8 pts
- HIP 8 pts
- HOB 8 pts
- HOM 8 pts
- HOP 8 pts
- ICH 8 pts
- MHO 8 pts
- OCH 8 pts
- OHM 8 pts
- PHI 8 pts
- PHO 8 pts
- POH 8 pts
- BOP 7 pts
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- COP 7 pts
- IMP 7 pts
- MIB 7 pts
- MIC 7 pts
- MOB 7 pts
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- MOP 7 pts
- PIC 7 pts
- POM 7 pts
- HOO 6 pts
- OHO 6 pts
- OOH 6 pts
- BIO 5 pts
- BOO 5 pts
- COO 5 pts
- MOI 5 pts
- MOO 5 pts
- OBI 5 pts
- POI 5 pts
- POO 5 pts
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