homophobic

Showing dislike or unfair treatment of gay people.

• He made a homophobic comment.
• The school took action against homophobic bullying.
• She challenged the homophobic attitudes she heard at work.

Similar words: anti-gay

Common phrases: homophobic abuse, homophobic comments, homophobic attitudes

Annoying or unfair, said jokingly about an inconvenience, especially online.

• This rain is so homophobic.
• My friends joked that the cancelled concert was homophobic.
• It is homophobic of my alarm to ring this early.

How to use it: homophobic of someone to do something (It was homophobic of the bus driver to leave before I arrived.)

Similar words: annoying, irritating

Common phrases: so homophobic, homophobic of someone

Having eyes of different colours, using a deliberately wrong word as an online joke.

• The meme called the cat homophobic because its eyes were different colours.
• “Look at those homophobic eyes,” she joked about the blue and green pair.
• They jokingly described the kitten as homophobic because it had one blue eye and one brown eye.

Similar words: heterochromic

Common phrases: a homophobic cat, homophobic eyes

A person who dislikes gay people or treats them unfairly.

• He called the speaker a homophobic.
• She refused to support a homophobic who insulted gay people.
• They described the attacker as a violent homophobic.

Similar words: homophobe

Common phrases: an outspoken homophobic, a homophobic’s views