adj
Meaning 1
Exhibiting homophobia; characteristic of homophobes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- homophobic abuse
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: anti-gay
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: anti-LGBT
Standard Lemma guide
homophobic
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhəʊ.məˌfəʊ.bɪk/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhɒ.mə-/
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General-American: /ˈhoʊ.məˌfoʊ.bɪk/
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rhymes with -əʊbɪk
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CMU ARPABET: HH OW2 M AH0 F OW1 B IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Inconvenient, annoying, irritating.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: excessive, humorous
Qualifier: LGBTQ slang
Examples
- 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.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Having different colored eyes. Deliberate misspelling of heterochromic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, humorous
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A homophobe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
prejudiced against homosexual people
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English homo- Proto-Indo-European *bhegw- Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh2 Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía)der. Latin New Latinbor. English -phobia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -phobic English homophobic From homo- (“homosexual”) + -phobic.
Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: homòfob — characteristic of homophobia
- French: homophobe — characteristic of homophobia
- Galician: homófobo — characteristic of homophobia
- Galician: homófoba — characteristic of homophobia
- Georgian: ჰომოფობიური (homopobiuri) — characteristic of homophobia
- German: homophob — characteristic of homophobia
- German: homosexualitätsfeindlich — characteristic of homophobia
- German: schwulenfeindlich — characteristic of homophobia
- German: lesbenfeindlich — characteristic of homophobia
- Irish: homafóbach — characteristic of homophobia
- Italian: omofobico — characteristic of homophobia
- Italian: omofobica — characteristic of homophobia
- Italian: omofobo — characteristic of homophobia
- Italian: omofoba — characteristic of homophobia
- Polish: homofobiczny — characteristic of homophobia
- Portuguese: homofóbico — characteristic of homophobia
- Portuguese: homofóbica — characteristic of homophobia
- Portuguese: homófobo — characteristic of homophobia
- Portuguese: homófoba — characteristic of homophobia
- Russian: гомофо́бный (gomofóbnyj) — characteristic of homophobia
- Scots: homofeart — characteristic of homophobia
- Spanish: homofóbico — characteristic of homophobia
- Spanish: homófobo — characteristic of homophobia
- Swedish: homofob — characteristic of homophobia
- Swedish: homofobisk — characteristic of homophobia
- Ukrainian: гомофо́бний (homofóbnyj) — characteristic of homophobia
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