Dictionary Entry
gay
gay is a 3-letter English word with 11 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Excited with merriment; manifesting sportiveness or delight; inspiring delight; livery; merry. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
3 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 7 · 11 senses
Definitions
- 1superlative
Excited with merriment; manifesting sportiveness or delight; inspiring delight; livery; merry.
- 2superlative
Brilliant in colors; splendid; fine; richly dressed.
- 3superlative
Loose; dissipated; lewd.
- 4noun
An ornament
- 5noun
someone who practices homosexuality; having a sexual attraction to persons of the same sex
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- 6adjective
bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
"a cheery hello"
"a gay sunny room"
- 7adjective
brightly colored and showy
"girls decked out in brave new dresses"
"brave banners flying"
- 8adjective
homosexual or arousing homosexual desires
- 9adjective
given to social pleasures often including dissipation
"led a gay Bohemian life"
"a gay old rogue with an eye for the ladies"
- 10adjective
offering fun and gaiety
"a festive (or festal) occasion"
"gay and exciting night life"
- 11adjective
full of or showing high-spirited merriment- Wordsworth
"when hearts were young and gay"
"a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company"
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