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gay-shame

gay-shame verb: to criticize or deride someone for being gay.

Verb

gay-shame (third-person singular simple present gay-shames, present participle gay-shaming, simple past and past participle gay-shamed)

  1. (transitive) To criticize or deride someone for being gay.

Forms of gay-shame

third-person singular presentgay-shames
present participlegay-shaming
past participlegay-shamed
pastgay-shamed

Origin of gay-shame

From gay + shame.

Questions about gay-shame

What does gay-shame mean?
Gay-shame means to criticize or deride someone for being gay.
What part of speech is gay-shame?
Gay-shame is a verb.
What is the past tense of gay-shame?
The past tense of gay-shame is gay-shamed.

Words near gay-shame in the dictionary

  1. Gay-Lussac
  2. Gay-Lussac's law
  3. gay-marry
  4. gay-related immune deficiency
  5. gay-related immunodeficiency
  6. gay-shame
  7. gay-shamed
  8. gay-shames
  9. gay-shaming
  10. gay-straight alliance
  11. gay-straight alliances

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