What does gayless mean?
Gayless means Lacking gaiety; gloomy; somber; drab.
Gayless
Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Meaning
Lacking gaiety; gloomy; somber; drab.
Definitions by Sense
- Lacking gaiety; gloomy; somber; drab
- Without gay people.
Example Sentences
She ambled in, wearing a gayless smile.
The brown burnt earth, / Of fruits and flowers and every verdure spoiled; / Barren and bare, a gayless, dreary waste, [...]
What does she say about Perez's vision of a gayless utopia? The one-line chapter pitting gays with the abject mother of macho dismissal and scorn?
I'm a child of the early 1980s and a teenager of the 1990s, and even though TV was beginning to fill with Ellens, Wills, and Jacks, Indiana was still a gayless place.
Synonyms for gayless
Antonyms for gayless
Related Words
Word Forms
- more gayless
- most gayless
Usage Notes
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is a synonym for gayless?
Common synonyms include bleak, dreary, cheerless, comfortless.
What is the opposite of gayless?
Possible antonyms include cheery, gayful.
How do you use gayless in a sentence?
She ambled in, wearing a gayless smile.
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