nnoun.personoffensive term for a homosexual manDomain Usage:depreciationderogationdisparagement
Synset:fag faggot fagot fairy nance pansy poof poove pouf queen
Hypernyms:gay homo homophile homosexual
Inherited Hypernyms:fagothomosexualpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:fagothomosexualpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
vverb.socialhinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) ofSynset:baffle bilk cross foil frustrate scotch spoil thwart
Examples:- What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge
- foil your opponent
Derivationally Related Form:crossfrustrationthwartingthwarterfoilingfrustrative
Hypernyms:forbid foreclose forestall preclude prevent
Inherited Hypernyms:thwartprevent
Direct Hyponyms:dashdisappointlet downruinshort-circuit
Full Troponyms:breakdashdisappointdisenchantfailfall shortruinshipwreckshort-circuitundo
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something | Sam cannot --- Sue (apply to: cross)
vverb.communicationput in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult positionSynset:endanger expose peril scupper
Derivationally Related Form:perilexposure
Hypernyms:affect bear on bear upon impact touch touch on
Inherited Hypernyms:queeraffectchange
Direct Hyponyms:compromise
Full Troponyms:compromise
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something
adj satadj.allbeyond or deviating from the usual or expectedSynset:curious funny odd peculiar rum rummy singular
Examples:- a curious hybrid accent
- her speech has a funny twang
- they have some funny ideas about war
- had an odd name
- the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves
- something definitely queer about this town
- what a rum fellow
- singular behavior
Antonyms:familiar
Derivationally Related Form:queernesspeculiaritysingularitycuriousnessodditycuriosity
Inherited Hypernyms:curious
Similar to:strange unusual
adj satadj.allhomosexual or arousing homosexual desiresSynset:gay homophile
Antonyms:bisexualheterosexual
Derivationally Related Form:queernessgaynessgay
Inherited Hypernyms:gay
Similar to:homosexual