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gay
noun
1 gay
Someone who is sexually attracted to persons of the same sex.
synonyms: homo, homophile, homosexual.
Roget 373:
man,
male,
he,
him;
manhood
etc.
(adolescence)
131;
gentleman,
sir,
master;
sahib;
yeoman,
wight†,
swain,
fellow,
blade,
beau,
elf,
chap,
gaffer,
good man;
husband
etc.
(married man)
903;
Mr. ,
mister;
boy
etc.
(youth)
129.
[Male animal]
cock,
drake,
gander,
dog,
boar,
stag,
hart,
buck,
horse,
entire horse,
stallion;
gibcat†,
tomcat;
he goat,
Billy goat;
ram,
tup;
bull,
bullock;
capon,
ox,
gelding,
steer,
stot†.
androgen.
homosexual,
gay,
queen [Slang].
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Dutch: homoseksuele, sodemiet, sodemieter, reetkever, poot, holtor, geïnverteerde, gay, flikker, bruinwerker, mietje, nicht, homo, homofiel, homoseksueel ... show more
Polish: homoseksualista, kochający inaczej
adjective
1 gay
Bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer:
— A gay sunny room.
synonyms: cheery, sunny.
Roget 428:
colored
etc.
v.;
colorific†,
tingent†,
tinctorial†;
chromatic,
prismatic;
full-colored,
high-colored,
deep-colored;
doubly-dyed;
polychromatic;
chromatogenous†;
tingible†.
bright,
vivid,
intense,
deep;
fresh,
unfaded†;
rich,
gorgeous;
gay.
gaudy,
florid;
gay,
garish;
rainbow-colored,
multihued;
showy,
flaunting,
flashy;
raw,
crude;
glaring,
flaring;
discordant,
inharmonious.
mellow,
pastel,
harmonious,
pearly,
sweet,
delicate,
tender,
refined.
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Roget 847:
ornamented,
beautified
etc.
v.;
ornate,
rich,
gilt,
begilt†,
tesselated,
festooned;
champleve [Fr.],
cloisonne,
topiary.
smart,
gay,
trickly†,
flowery,
glittering;
new gilt,
new spangled;
fine as a Mayday queen,
fine as a fivepence†,
fine as a carrot fresh scraped;
pranked out,
bedight†,
well-groomed.
in full dress
etc.
(fashion)
852;
dressed to kill,
dressed to the nines,
dressed to advantage;
in Sunday best,
en grand tenue [Fr.],
en grande toilette [Fr.];
in best bib and tucker,
endimanche [Fr.].
showy,
flashy;
gaudy
etc.
(vulgar)
851;
garish,
gairish†;
gorgeous.
ornamental,
decorative;
becoming
etc.
(accordant)
23.
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Roget 882:
ostentatious,
showy,
dashing,
pretentious;
janty†,
jaunty;
grand,
pompous,
palatial;
high-sounding;
turgid
etc.
(big-sounding)
577;
gairish†,
garish;
gaudy,
gaudy as a peacock,
gaudy as a butterfly,
gaudy as a tulip;
flaunting,
flashing,
flaming,
glittering;
gay
etc.
(ornate)
847.
splendid,
magnificent,
sumptuous.
theatrical,
dramatic,
spectacular;
ceremonial,
ritual.
solemn,
stately,
majestic,
formal,
stiff,
ceremonious,
punctilious,
starched.
dressed to kill,
dressed to the nines,
decjed out,
all decked out,
en granite tenue [Fr.],
in best bib and tucker,
in Sunday best,
endimanch_e,
chic.
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Roget 374a:
sexy,
erotic,
sexual,
carnal,
sensual.
hot,
horny,
randy,
rutting;
passionate,
lusty,
hot-blooded,
libidinous;
up,
in the mood.
homosexual,
gay,
lesbian,
bisexual.
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Roget 961:
impure;
unclean
etc.
(dirty)
653;
not to be mentioned to ears polite;
immodest,
shameless;
indecorous,
indelicate,
indecent;
Fescennine;
loose,
risque [Fr.],
coarse,
gross,
broad,
free,
equivocal,
smutty,
fulsome,
ribald,
obscene,
bawdy,
pornographic.
concupiscent,
prurient,
lickerish†,
rampant,
lustful;
carnal,
carnal-minded;
lewd,
lascivious,
lecherous,
libidinous,
erotic,
ruttish,
salacious;
Paphian;
voluptuous;
goatish,
must,
musty.
unchaste,
light,
wanton,
licentious,
debauched,
dissolute;
of loose character,
of easy virtue;
frail,
gay,
riggish†,
incontinent,
meretricious,
rakish,
gallant,
dissipated;
no better than she should be;
on the town,
on the streets,
on the pave,
on the loose.
adulterous,
incestuous,
bestial.
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2 gay
Full of or showing high-spirited merriment:
— When hearts were young and gay.
— A poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company.
synonyms: jocund, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful.
3 gay
Given to social pleasures often including dissipation.
4 gay
Brightly colored and showy:
— A dress a bit too gay for her years.
— Birds with gay plumage.
synonyms: brave, braw.
5 gay
6 gay
Homosexual or arousing homosexual desires.
synonyms: homophile, queer.
Polish: gejowski
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