to be gay [cheerful] translatn English - English Reverso dictnary, see also 'cheerfully, cheerfulns, cheer, cheer up', exampl, fn, njugatn
Contents:
- GAY - CHEERFUL
- CHEERFUL AND GAY
- SENTENCE EXAMPL FOR CHEERFUL AND GAY OM SPIRG ENGLISH SOURC
- CHEERFUL / SYNONYMS / GAY
- TO BE GAY [CHEERFUL] MEANG, TO BE GAY [CHEERFUL] FN | ENGLISH COBUILD DICTNARY
- GAY
GAY - CHEERFUL
How are the words Cheerful and Gay related? Cheerful and Gay are synonymo, and they have mutual synonyms. * cheerful and gay *
One, she is dtr, two, gay, three, a quette - and ocsnally pretty. I found gay mean cheerful is ok to e as formal sayg? Maybe you n e the word gay this sense wh re, ntexts where is not open to scere or wilful misterpretatn.
gay ed to be synonymo wh happy/cheerful. But now is synonymo wh homosexualy. If you e gay to mean the former, you have to be clear on the ntext.
If you jt say, you are gay- someone would probably take as an sult and not that they are cheerful/happy. Isn't odd; we still e gaiety, so why should a happy word like gay be so mistreated? If I say this, while gay has many meang, gaiety has only meang of joyfulns.
CHEERFUL AND GAY
High qualy example sentenc wh “cheerful and gay” ntext om reliable sourc - Ludwig is the lguistic search enge that helps you to wre better English * cheerful and gay *
Generally, I would have said that any texts wrten before the 1950s the word "gay" would only have one meang: cheerful!
Apparently, there are earlier referenc to "gay" meang "homosexual", read this article. I had no ia that the word gay was ed to scribe homosexuals so long ago!
SENTENCE EXAMPL FOR CHEERFUL AND GAY OM SPIRG ENGLISH SOURC
The words Cheerful and Gay have synonymo (siar) meang. Fd out what nnects the two synonyms. Unrstand the difference between Cheerful and Gay. * cheerful and gay *
Old Lady: The Creole society ed to be so gay New Orleans! Gay don't seem f as an oppose of "hangs on by s fgernails" (barely managg to avoid danger or failure).
(pullg some other words om the Word Reference dictnary fns for "gay"). If gay origally meant cheerful/happy, why and how did bee a word to refer to homosexual people?
Here's what the (big) Oxford English Dictnary says:It seems most likely that the ‘homosexual’ sense A. To go gay): unhibed; wild, crazy; flamboyant.
CHEERFUL / SYNONYMS / GAY
* cheerful and gay *
The word started as a new phemism for "homosexual". It replaced the prev term "queer", which was no longer "polilly rrect": the 1970s one need to e "gay" stead.
TO BE GAY [CHEERFUL] MEANG, TO BE GAY [CHEERFUL] FN | ENGLISH COBUILD DICTNARY
GAY meang: 1 : sexually or romantilly attracted to someone who is the same sex; 2 : of, relatg to, or ed by gay people * cheerful and gay *
Usage example: a cheerful person who is always fun to work wh and a pleasure to be around Gay Gay adjective - Havg much high-spired energy and movement.
Usage example: upl dancg a gay, fast-paced jig Cheerful is a synonym for gay happy topic. You n e "Cheerful" stead an adjective "Gay", if ncerns topics such as feelg, character tra, glad.
GAY
Popular alternative Both words one sentence One of the thgs he liked about his life Ameri was that "everythg was so gay and cheerful". Wordof God says the name's the old "gay", meang cheerful or happy. Also The Cur Case of Benjam Button: "In addn, Benjam disvered that he was beg more and more attracted by the gay si of life.