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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs gay and gayify which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

gay
  1. (dated, possibly archaic) Happy, joyful, and lively.
  2. (dated, possibly archaic) Festive, bright, or colourful.
  3. (obsolete) Sexually promiscuous (of any gender).
  4. Homosexual:
    1. (of a person or animal) Possessing sexual and/or emotional attraction towards members of the same gender or non-anti-gender area.
    2. (of a romantic or sexual act or relationship) Being between two or more people of the same gender or the same gender-area, especially between two men.
    3. (of an institution or group) Intended for gay people, especially gay men.
    4. (for) Homosexually in love with someone.
    5. (for) In love with something, usually as a homosexual.
    6. In accordance with stereotypes of homosexual people:
  5. A pejorative:
    1. (derogatory) Effeminate or flamboyant in behavior.
    2. (derogatory) Used to express dislike: lame, uncool, stupid.
  6. (of a dog's tail) Upright or curved over the back.
  7. Synonyms:
  8. Examples:
    1. “I was walking with him one night, alongside the Thames, feeling happy and gay.”
      “Yes, I know this must come as a shock to you since I am normally such a gay and carefree chap, brimming with chuckles and mirth.”
      “The birds were in a gay and playful mood on this bright day.”
gayful
  1. Full of gaiety or cheerfulness; cheery; gay; lively
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Although she read about the gayful events of the fifth volume of Hokke Sanju-ko, she was not able to regain self.”
      “Heidegger apparently was blind to the gayful, playful, frolicking, dancing aspects of Nietzsche's writings.”
      “Nairobi is a very nice town and people are likeable and gayful.”
gayless
  1. Lacking gaiety; gloomy; somber; drab
  2. Examples:
    1. “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.”
      “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?”
gaysome
  1. (archaic) Full of gaiety; cheerful; gladsome.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The very emperor his throne did grace to-day, Why, never was a crowd in such a gaysome mood.”
gaylicious
  1. (slang) Extremely gay (homosexual) or appealing to gay people.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “But make no mistake about it—when Cher does have her real last show, gay hearts will weep for all eternity. They will miss their gaylicious diva, but keep her in their gay hearts forever.”
gayish
  1. Somewhat gay (homosexual); gay to a certain extent.
  2. Examples:
    1. “So, the police conducted a New Year's Eve raid in 1967 on a gayish bar over on Sunset and Sanborn in Silver Lake called the Black Cat.”
gayer
gaytastic
  1. (slang) Extremely gay or appealing to gay people.
  2. Synonyms:
gayest
  1. superlative form of gay: most gay
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Well, either she thought I was a girl or just the gayest gay guy to ever nance down the pike.”
      “Next day is the Virgins' Feast and Wenonah is among those who sit in the ring, dressed in their gayest.”
      “When you saw me years ago you didn't know, but now I'm the gayest fella you probably know.”
gayed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of gay
gaying
  1. present participle of gay
gayified
  1. simple past tense and past participle of gayify
gayifying
  1. present participle of gayify
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