homophobic

adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈhəʊ.məˌfəʊ.bɪk/ / /ˈhɒ.mə-/ / /ˈhoʊ.məˌfoʊ.bɪk/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *somHós Proto-Hellenic *homós Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós)der. 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.

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.”
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.”
Having different colored eyes. Deliberate misspelling of heterochromic.
“both our algorithms are blessed with homophobic beauty 🥰😍”

noun

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."”