Gay
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English
Adjective
Gay (comparative Gayer, superlative Gayest)
- (dated) Happy, joyful, and lively.
- (dated) Festive, bright, or colourful.
- Homosexual.
- (colloquial) Characteristic of homosexual appearance or behavior (often in a stereotypical sense).
- (slang, pejorative) effeminate or flamboyant in behavior
- (slang, pejorative) Used to express dislike: Lame, uncool, stupid.
- (of a dog's tail) Upright or curved over the back.
Noun
Gay (plural Gays)- (chiefly in plural or attributive) a homosexual, especially a male homosexual; see also lesbian.
Adverbs for Gay
gracefully; boyishly; lightly; cheerfully; inexpressibly; racily; blithely; airily; saucily; proudly; carelessly; joyously; confidently; buoyantly; mystically; fantastically; devilishly; dashingly; artlessly; disarmingly; refreshingly; fashionably; racially; playfully; wantonly; roguishly; bewitchingly; engagingly; radiantly.
Synonyms for Gay
- (lame, uncool:) ghey
- blithe, lively, merry, hilarious, sportive, sprightly, frolicsome, showy, jovial, joyous, jolly, cheerful, buoyant, bright, happy, affable, vivacious, blithesome, convivial, festive, jocose, witty, comical, waggish, humorous, colorful, entertaining.
Antonyms for Gay
dull, morose, grouchy, discouraged, listless, solemn, sullen, moody, sulky, melancholy, unhappy, sour, spiritless, languid, splenetic, gloomy, petulant, depressed, angry, cross, grim, crushed, colorless, low-spirited, dejected.
Thesaurus
beaming, beatific, beatified, beery, bemused, besotted, bisexed, bisexual, blessed, blind drunk, blissful, blithe, blithesome, boon, brash, brave, bravura, braw, bright, bright-hued, brilliant, bubbling, bubbly, buoyant, burning, butch, cant, capering, capersome, carefree, cheerful, chichi, chipper, chirping, colorful, colory, coltish, confident, convivial, crapulent, crapulous, dancing, daring, dashing, debauched, debonair, deep-colored, deviant, devil-may-care, dissipated, dissolute, dizzy, drenched, dressy, drunk, drunken, effeminate, effervescent, exhibitionistic, exotic, exuberant, far-gone, fast, festal, festive, flashing, flashy, flaunting, flushed with joy, flustered, forward, fou, free, free and easy, frilly, frisky, frolicsome, frothy, full, full of beans, gala, gallant, gamesome, garish, gaudy, gay-colored, giddy, glad, gladsome, gleeful, glittering, glorious, glowing, gorgeous, hail-fellow-well-met, happy, hearty, high-colored, high-spirited, hilarious, homoerotic, homophile, homosexual, in liquor, inebriate, inebriated, inebrious, intense, intoxicated, inverted, jaunty, jazzy, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, jubilant, keen, laughing, leaping, lesbian, licentious, light-hearted, lighthearted, lively, mannish, many-colored, maudlin, mellow, merry, merrymaking, mirthful, muddled, nappy, on the loose, overweening, perverted, playful, presuming, profligate, purring, pushful, pushy, queer, radiant, raffish, rakehell, rakehellish, rakehelly, rakish, reeling, rich, rich-colored, rollicking, rollicksome, rompish, sapphic, self-assertive, shikker, showy, singing, skittish, smiling, smirking, snazzy, sodden, sotted, sparkling, spirited, splashy, splurgy, sportive, sporty, sprightly, starry-eyed, thrice happy, tiddly, tipsy, transvestite, tribadistic, unbridled, under the influence, vital, vivacious, vivid, wild, zestful, zippy
