gayadjective
uk/ɡeɪ/us/ɡeɪ/gay adjective (SEXUALITY)
B1 sexually attracted to people of the same sex and not to people of the opposite sex:
gay rights
Mark knew he was gay by the time he was fourteen.
the gay and lesbian community
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- Her speech caused outrage among the gay community.
- Don't let his sister know he's gay, because he hasn't come out to his family yet.
- He claims that prejudice against homosexuals would cease overnight if all the gay stars in the country were honest about their sexuality.
- His latest film is about the experience of being persecuted for being gay.
gay adjective (HAPPY)
old-fashioned happy:
We had a gay old time down at the dance hall.
old-fashioned If a place is gay, it is bright and attractive:
The streets were gay and full of people.
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Feeling pleasure and happiness
- (as) pleased as Punch idiom
- be as high as a kite idiom
- be dancing in the streets idiom
- be floating on air idiom
- be full of the joys of spring idiom
- be in seventh heaven idiom
- breezy
- brighten
- contented
- dance
- delighted
- ecstatic
- elated
- incandescent
- jolly
- jump for joy idiom
- light-hearted
- look/feel like a million dollars idiom
- loved up
- made up
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You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Attractive
gay adjective (BAD QUALITY)
slang offensive not good, reasonable, or suitable
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Not of good quality
- a miserable, poor, etc. excuse for sth idiom
- apology
- atrocious
- awful
- badly
- be an apology for sth idiom
- clunky
- come/be a poor second, third, etc. idiom
- downmarket
- downscale
- inadequate
- motley
- mouldy
- not set the world on fire idiom
- of sorts idiom
- tacky
- unattractive
- unimpressed
- weak sauce
- worst
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gayness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈɡeɪ.nəs/us/ˈɡeɪ.nəs/
Idiom(s)
just gay enough
gaynoun [ C ]
uk/ɡeɪ/us/ɡeɪ/a gay person, especially a man