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gay

gay
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [gey]
    • /geɪ/
    • /ɡeɪ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [gey]
    • /geɪ/

Definitions of gay word

  • adjective gay of, relating to, or exhibiting sexual desire or behavior directed toward a person or persons of one's own sex; homosexual: a gay couple. Antonyms: straight. 1
  • adjective gay of, indicating, or supporting homosexual interests or issues: a gay organization. 1
  • adjective gay Slang: Often Disparaging and Offensive. awkward, stupid, or bad; lame: This game is boring and really, really gay. 1
  • adjective gay Slang. inappropriately forward or bold; overly familiar; reckless: George got gay at the Christmas party and suddenly swept his boss's wife onto the dance floor. 1
  • adjective gay Older Use. having or showing a merry, lively mood: gay spirits; gay music. 1
  • adjective gay Older Use. bright or showy: gay colors; gay ornaments. 1

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Origin of gay

First appearance:

before 1275
One of the 13% oldest English words
1275-1325; Middle English gai < Old French < Germanic; compare Old High German gāhi ‘fast, sudden’

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Gay

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

gay popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for gay

adj gay

  • keen — finely sharpened, as an edge; so shaped as to cut or pierce substances readily: a keen razor.
  • sparkling — to issue in or as if in little sparks, as fire or light: The candlelight sparkled in the crystal.
  • alert — If you are alert, you are paying full attention to things around you and are able to deal with anything that might happen.
  • wild — living in a state of nature; not tamed or domesticated: a wild animal; wild geese.
  • forward — toward or at a place, point, or time in advance; onward; ahead: to move forward; from this day forward; to look forward.

adjective gay

  • colourful — Something that is colourful has bright colours or a lot of different colours.
  • colorful — Something that is colorful has bright colors or a lot of different colors.
  • vivid — strikingly bright or intense, as color, light, etc.: a vivid green.
  • homosexual — Older Use: Sometimes Disparaging. sexually attracted to members of one's own sex: homosexual students.

Antonyms for gay

adj gay

  • discouraged — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
  • upset — to overturn: to upset a pitcher of milk.
  • worried — having or characterized by worry; concerned; anxious: Their worried parents called the police.
  • dull — not sharp; blunt: a dull knife.
  • sad — Systems Analysis Definition

adjective gay

  • colourless — Something that is colourless has no colour at all.

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