Definition of homophobe in English:
homophobe
nounˈhəʊməfəʊbˈhɒməfəʊbˈhoʊməˌfoʊb
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.