homophobic

comparative more homophobic · superlative most homophobic

1. Exhibiting homophobia; characteristic of homophobes.

   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 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

   Synonyms: anti-gay

2. excessivehumorousLGBTQ slangInconvenient, annoying, irritating.

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

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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!

3. InternethumorousHaving different colored eyes. Deliberate misspelling of heterochromic.First known use 2021

   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

plural homophobics

1. A homophobe.

   If you say something negative about homosexuals, you will be labelled an intolerant "homophobic."

   2007, William D. Gairdner, The War Against the Family

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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 the idea; and there are few closets where one can hide.

   1981 August 1, Ray Thompson, “Down and Out and Gay”, in Gay Community News, page 10

   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 (West, 1977).

   2016, Ralph Erber, Maureen Erber, Intimate Relationships: Issues, Theories, and Research, Second Edition