homophobic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈhoʊ.məˌfoʊ.bɪk/ (General-American)
- (UK) audio
- /ˈhəʊ.məˌfəʊ.bɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈhɒ.mə-/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (US) audio
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.
Meanings
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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.
2000 June 6, Nick Hopkins, “The bomber who tried to unleash a race war”, in The Guardian:
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(excessive, humorous, qualifier:LGBTQ slang) 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 🥰😍
2025 November 15, u/_kainos_, “Beautiful homophobic deaf cat🧡💙”, in r/catswithhomophobia (Reddit post), archived from the original on 28 Nov 2025:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more homophobic | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most homophobic | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
homophobically · nonhomophobic · antihomophobic
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Translations (26)
it omofobico (characteristic of homophobia) · ru гомофо́бный (characteristic of homophobia) · sv homofob (characteristic of homophobia) · gl homófoba (characteristic of homophobia) · de lesbenfeindlich (characteristic of homophobia) · de homosexualitätsfeindlich (characteristic of homophobia) · uk гомофо́бний (characteristic of homophobia) · sco homofeart (characteristic of homophobia) · gl homófobo (characteristic of homophobia) · es homófobo (characteristic of homophobia) · fr homophobe (characteristic of homophobia) · it omofobo (characteristic of homophobia) · it omofoba (characteristic of homophobia) · ca homòfob (characteristic of homophobia) · pt homofóbica (characteristic of homophobia) · pt homófoba (characteristic of homophobia) · de homophob (characteristic of homophobia) · de schwulenfeindlich (characteristic of homophobia) · ka ჰომოფობიური (characteristic of homophobia) · pt homofóbico (characteristic of homophobia) · it omofobica (characteristic of homophobia) · sv homofobisk (characteristic of homophobia) · pt homófobo (characteristic of homophobia) · pl homofobiczny (characteristic of homophobia) · ga homafóbach (characteristic of homophobia) · es homofóbico (characteristic of homophobia)