Homophobic is an English word with synonyms like prejudiced or discriminatory. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Homophobic in a sentence
Homophobic meaning
- Exhibiting homophobia; characteristic of homophobes.
- Inconvenient, annoying, irritating.
- Having different colored eyes. Deliberate misspelling of heterochromic.
Synonyms of Homophobic
Using Homophobic
- The main meaning on this page is: Exhibiting homophobia; characteristic of homophobes. | Inconvenient, annoying, irritating. | Having different colored eyes. Deliberate misspelling of heterochromic.
- Useful related words include: prejudiced, discriminatory.
- In the example corpus, homophobic often appears in combinations such as: and homophobic, of homophobic, homophobic and.
Context around Homophobic
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 6 middle, 13 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Homophobic
- In this selection, "homophobic" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 26.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, using, vile, yelling, slur, abuse and slurs stand out and add context to how "homophobic" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include began yelling homophobic slurs and and behind the homophobic assumptions and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "homophobic" sits close to words such as antagonist, benton and bolivia, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with homophobic
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
I don’t get racist abuse, I don’t get homophobic abuse. (12 words)
A judge in Venezuela later called her a homophobic slur and sentenced her to community service. (16 words)
DL Hughley calling a trans woman a pussy over defending his homophobic friend he claim not homophobic. (17 words)
Gruden had not been around in the NFL since he resigned as head coach of the Raiders early on in 2021 after reports found that he had used homophobic, racist, and misogynistic language in emails over the years. (38 words)
At the time, marital law had just lifted in Taiwan, and the country was going through great social change; however, it was still very difficult to be openly gay in Taiwan’s homophobic culture. (34 words)
How did this aspect of Borges’ beliefs remain relatively unexplored for so long, and how should Jewish readers feel about a philosemite who, as it turns out, also indulged in racist and homophobic discourse? (34 words)
How did this aspect of Borges’ beliefs remain relatively unexplored for so long, and how should Jewish readers feel about a philosemite who, as it turns out, also indulged in racist and homophobic discourse? (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
This has been used 22 times so far this term. And 17 of these have been because of a homophobic slur or a homophobic action on or around the field of play.
Around 20 of last year’s hate crimes were said to homophobic in nature - with around 10 officers being victims of homophobic slurs.
Reds broadcaster Brennaman apologizes for using homophobic slur during broadcast Videos of Cincinnati Reds and Fox Sports Ohio broadcaster Thom Brennaman using a homophobic slur during a live broadcast circulated social media Wednesday.
DL Hughley calling a trans woman a pussy over defending his homophobic friend he claim not homophobic.
A further two similar harassment incidents occurred days later, one of which saw him threaten to kick the victim’s dog and cut his throat, as well as use vile homophobic insults.
A judge in Venezuela later called her a homophobic slur and sentenced her to community service.
A man in the bed of the truck can be heard yelling "(epithet) Jews" as well as homophobic and racial slurs.
At approximately 5:40 p.m., a man approached a man and a woman as they exited their vehicle and began yelling homophobic slurs and threatening them.
At a Spurs game against Brighton in April there were two separate reports; one of ‘racial abuse towards Japanese players and the Jewish community’ and another of ‘racist, homophobic abuse heard by informant’.
A teacher took his own life after being subjected to horrific homophobic abuse from a stalker, an inquest has heard.
At the time, marital law had just lifted in Taiwan, and the country was going through great social change; however, it was still very difficult to be openly gay in Taiwan’s homophobic culture.
Bass was loudly booed by some of the 42,205 in attendance at Rogers Centre a day after the Toronto reliever apologized for sharing a homophobic video on Instagram.
For example, straight cisgender men who are deemed effeminate and straight cisgender women who present more masculine may face homophobic harassment.
Foy plays Adam’s mother as a woman of her time but is still able to show that beam of love behind the homophobic assumptions and stereotypes.
Gruden had not been around in the NFL since he resigned as head coach of the Raiders early on in 2021 after reports found that he had used homophobic, racist, and misogynistic language in emails over the years.
Gruden resigned from the Raiders and has not worked as a head coach in the NFL since a series of sexist and homophobic emails were leaked in 2021.
How did this aspect of Borges’ beliefs remain relatively unexplored for so long, and how should Jewish readers feel about a philosemite who, as it turns out, also indulged in racist and homophobic discourse?
Huggins, 69, was suspended by West Virginia for the first three games of the 2023-24 season after repeatedly using a homophobic slur in a podcast interview.
I don’t get racist abuse, I don’t get homophobic abuse.
Instead of presuming that he is homophobic without facts is just speculation which leads to imaginary victimhood.
Common combinations with homophobic
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: