Used in a Sentence

homoerotic

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for homoerotic.

Editorial note

We don’t know which human is responsible for the novelty in homoerotic fanfiction of the Odyssey, but it wasn’t a lizard.

Examples15
Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Pertaining to homosexual love or desire

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of homoerotic gathered in one view.

adjective

Pertaining to homosexual love or desire

adjective

Arousing a homosexual desire.

adjective

homosexual

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for homoerotic.

adjective

Pertaining to homosexual love or desire

adjective

Arousing a homosexual desire.

adjective

homosexual

Example sentences

1

We don’t know which human is responsible for the novelty in homoerotic fanfiction of the Odyssey, but it wasn’t a lizard.

2

Ones with boobies and panty shots out the wazoo, or ones with homoerotic undertones...

3

It had a thought provoking premise and a good buildup, despite the homoerotic undertone.

4

Yes, exactly the same as fraternities — well, except that fraternities are more homoerotic.

5

I think you're imagining a caricature of someone who gets a negative feeling from seeing homoerotic activity.

6

At my work place we throw around homoerotic jokes and comments all the time and no one is offended.

7

But then the narrative slowly transitions towards this borderline homoerotic hymn about how effortlessly muscular they are, and how massive their dongs tend to be.

8

No, this time he added in some vaguely homoerotic insinuations.

9

I upset a Hornblower fan(atic) by averring Bush has a homoerotic fixation on Hornblower.

10

I guess you might say he was experimenting with his own hallucinogenic homoerotic drug.

11

I wish I had the talent to rewrite the article using homoerotic examples.

12

In it, he used homoerotic literature as the corpus.

Quote examples

1

Am I the only person who read the title of this as "Homoerotic erection"?

2

Moby Dick has some seriously homoerotic content, though: "Squeeze!

3

Moby Dick has a ton of homoerotic scenes like the man donning the whale's penis skin as a robe, or the various bed-sharing scenes with Ishmael and Queequeg including gems like "Queequeg now and then affectionately throwing his brown tattooed legs over mine, and then drawing them back; so entirely sociable and free and easy we were," and "Queequeg's arm thrown over me in the most loving and affectionate manner."

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use homoerotic in a sentence?

We don’t know which human is responsible for the novelty in homoerotic fanfiction of the Odyssey, but it wasn’t a lizard.

What does homoerotic mean?

Pertaining to homosexual love or desire

What part of speech is homoerotic?

homoerotic is commonly used as adjective.