A person with a dislike of or prejudice against homosexual people.
we never allowed the homophobes we met to get the last word
Example sentencesExamples
He has spent more than thirty years challenging homophobes, tyrants, and other human rights abusers.
She refuses to be intimidated by misguided homophobes.
The people who defended segregation are the same folks who are homophobes today.
So many times I've sat at dinner tables, and there's been some horrible homophobe, or racist, or sexist at the table and they've said appalling things.
She was targeted by homophobes, enduring arson attacks on her home, abusive phone calls, and hate mail.
If no one is talking about equal rights, it is easy for kids to feel ashamed about their sexual orientation and take the abuse that homophobes put on them.
He experienced anti-gay sentiment first hand and was treated with condescension and hostility by homophobes who did know of his homosexuality.
He's a bigot and homophobe who reinforces stereotypes.
Over the issue of gay adoption, he comes across as an old-fashioned homophobe.
They are just small-minded homophobes trying to rationalize their fear of people unlike themselves.
Definition of homophobe in US English:
homophobe
nounˈhōməˌfōbˈhoʊməˌfoʊb
A person with a dislike of or prejudice against homosexual people.
we never allowed the homophobes we met to get the last word
Example sentencesExamples
He has spent more than thirty years challenging homophobes, tyrants, and other human rights abusers.
So many times I've sat at dinner tables, and there's been some horrible homophobe, or racist, or sexist at the table and they've said appalling things.
He experienced anti-gay sentiment first hand and was treated with condescension and hostility by homophobes who did know of his homosexuality.
Over the issue of gay adoption, he comes across as an old-fashioned homophobe.
He's a bigot and homophobe who reinforces stereotypes.
She was targeted by homophobes, enduring arson attacks on her home, abusive phone calls, and hate mail.
They are just small-minded homophobes trying to rationalize their fear of people unlike themselves.
She refuses to be intimidated by misguided homophobes.
The people who defended segregation are the same folks who are homophobes today.
If no one is talking about equal rights, it is easy for kids to feel ashamed about their sexual orientation and take the abuse that homophobes put on them.