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homophobic.

Exhibiting homophobia; characteristic of homophobes.

10 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈhəʊ.məˌfəʊ.bɪk/Received-Pronunciation/ˈhɒ.mə-/Received-Pronunciation/ˈhoʊ.məˌfoʊ.bɪk/General-American

  1. Exhibiting homophobia; characteristic of homophobes.

    homophobic abuse

  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!
    It's homophobic that I'm not cuddling my girlfriend right now.

  3. Having different colored eyes. Deliberate misspelling of heterochromic.

    Internet · humorous
Where this word comes from

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.

noun/ˈhəʊ.məˌfəʊ.bɪk/Received-Pronunciation/ˈhɒ.mə-/Received-Pronunciation/ˈhoʊ.məˌfoʊ.bɪk/General-American

  1. A homophobe.

Where this word comes from

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.

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