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homophobic
UK /ˈhəʊ.məˌfəʊ.bɪk/ US /ˈhoʊ.məˌfoʊ.bɪk/
adj 3noun 1
Collocations
5ADJ.
considered, farid
VERB + HOMOPHOBIC
brainwashed, labelled, lives, sent, spouted
HOMOPHOBIC + NOUN
driver, hungarian, nazi, politician, rhetoric, society, something
PREP.
in, in, on
ADV.
obviously, severely
Definitions
adj
1
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.
2
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.
3
Having different colored eyes. Deliberate misspelling of heterochromic.
both our algorithms are blessed with homophobic beauty 🥰😍
noun
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.
If you say something negative about homosexuals, you will be labelled an intolerant "homophobic."
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homophobic abuse
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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
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My bus left right as I got to the station. It's so homophobic of the driver to not wait for me!
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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
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If you say something negative about homosexuals, you will be labelled an intolerant "homophobic."
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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 (Wes
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