homophobic

From homo (“homosexual”) +‎ -phobic.

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homophobic (comparative more homophobic, superlative most homophobic)

1. Exhibiting homophobia; characteristic of homophobes.

   homophobic abuse

• homophobe
• homophobia

homophobic (plural homophobics)

1. A homophobe.
   • 1981 August 1, Ray Thompson, “Down and Out and Gay”, in Gay Community News, page 10:

     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.

   • 2007, William D. Gairdner, The War Against the Family:

     If you say something negative about homosexuals, you will be labelled an intolerant "homophobic."

   • 2016, Ralph Erber, Maureen Erber, Intimate Relationships: Issues, Theories, and Research, Second Edition:

     When placed in a situation that threatens to excite their repressed or latent sexual preferences, homophobics tend to react with panic, anger, and hostility as a means to avert or deny the threat (West, 1977).