homophobic
/ˈhoʊ.məˌfoʊ.bɪk/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.50 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
noun
A homophobe.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
- "both our algorithms are blessed with homophobic beauty 🥰😍"
- "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."
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.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈhoʊ.məˌfoʊ.bɪk/
- British English: /ˈhəʊ.məˌfəʊ.bɪk/