Word | Definition |
acarophobia | fear of itching or of insects causing itching |
acrophobia | fear of heights |
aerophobia | fear of flying or draughts |
agoraphobia | fear of open spaces |
agyiophobia | fear of crossing busy streets |
aichmophobia | fear of sharp or pointed objects |
ailurophobia | fear of cats |
algophobia | fear of pain |
amathophobia | fear of dust |
amaxophobia | fear of riding in a car |
ambulophobia | fear of walking |
anglophobia | fear of England or the English |
anthrophobia | fear of humans |
anuptaphobia | fear of staying single |
aquaphobia | fear of water |
arachibutyrophobia | fear of peanut butter sticking to roof of mouth |
arachnophobia | fear of spiders |
astraphobia | fear of being struck by lightning |
astrapophobia | fear of thunder and lightning |
automysophobia | fear of being dirty |
autophobia | fear of solitude |
ballistophobia | fear of missiles |
bathophobia | fear of falling from a high place |
batophobia | fear of heights or being close to tall buildings |
batrachophobia | fear of frogs and toads |
belonephobia | fear of pins and needles |
bibliophobia | fear of books |
blennophobia | fear of slime |
brontophobia | fear of thunder and lightning |
cancerophobia | fear of cancer |
cathisophobia | fear of sitting |
cenophobia | fear of empty spaces |
chrematophobia | fear of money |
cibophobia | fear of or distaste for food |
claustrophobia | fear of closed spaces |
climacophobia | fear of falling down stairs |
clinophobia | fear of staying in bed |
cremnophobia | fear of cliffs and precipices |
cyberphobia | fear of computers |
cynophobia | fear of dogs |
dromophobia | fear of crossing streets |
dysmorphophobia | fear of physical deformities |
ecophobia | fear of home |
eleutherophobia | fear of freedom |
eosophobia | fear of dawn |
ergasiophobia | fear of work |
ergophobia | fear of work |
erotophobia | fear of sex |
erythrophobia | fear of red lights or of blushing |
euphobia | fear of good news |
Francophobia | fear of France or the French |
gallophobia | fear of France or the French |
gamophobia | fear of marriage |
geniophobia | fear of chins |
genophobia | fear of sex |
gerascophobia | fear of growing old |
graphophobia | fear of writing |
gymnophobia | fear of nudity |
heliophobia | fear of sunlight |
herpetophobia | fear of snakes |
hierophobia | fear of sacred things |
homichlophobia | fear of fog |
homophobia | fear of homosexuals |
hydrophobia | fear of water |
hypsophobia | fear of high places |
iatrophobia | fear of going to the doctor |
iconophobia | fear or hatred of images |
kainotophobia | fear of change |
kakorrhaphiophobia | fear of failure |
kenophobia | fear of empty spaces |
ligyrophobia | fear of loud noises |
linonophobia | fear of string |
lygophobia | fear of darkness |
lyssophobia | fear of hydrophobia |
macrophobia | fear of prolonged waiting |
metrophobia | fear of poetry |
monophobia | fear of being alone |
muriphobia | fear of mice |
myophobia | fear of mice |
mysophobia | fear of contamination or dirt |
nebulaphobia | fear of fog |
necrophobia | fear of corpses |
negrophobia | fear of blacks |
neophobia | fear of novelty |
nosophobia | fear of disease |
novercaphobia | fear of one's stepmother |
nyctophobia | fear of the night or darkness |
ochlophobia | fear of crowds |
oenophobia | fear or hatred of wine |
ombrophobia | fear of rain |
onomatophobia | fear of hearing a certain word |
ophidiophobia | fear of snakes |
ophthalmophobia | fear of being stared at |
optophobia | fear of opening one’s eyes |
ornithophobia | fear of birds |
paedophobia | fear of children; fear of dolls |
panophobia | melancholia marked by groundless fears |
pantophobia | fear of everything |
parthophobia | fear of virgins |
pathophobia | fear of disease |
pediculophobia | fear of lice |
pentheraphobia | fear or hatred of one’s mother-in-law |
phagophobia | fear of eating |
phengophobia | fear of daylight |
phonophobia | fear of noise or of speaking aloud |
photophobia | fear of light |
pogonophobia | fear of beards |
psychrophobia | fear of the cold |
pteronophobia | fear of being tickled by feathers |
pyrophobia | fear of fire |
Russophobia | fear of Russia or Russians |
satanophobia | fear of the devil |
sciaphobia | fear of shadows |
scopophobia | fear of being looked at |
scoptophobia | fear of being looked at |
scotophobia | fear of the dark |
sitiophobia | fear of food |
sitophobia | fear of food or eating |
spectrophobia | fear of looking in a mirror |
symmetrophobia | fear of symmetry |
syphilophobia | fear of syphilis |
taphephobia | fear of being buried alive |
technophobia | fear of technology |
thalassophobia | fear of the sea |
thanatophobia | fear of death |
theophobia | fear of God |
tocophobia | fear of pregnancy or childbirth |
tonitrophobia | fear of thunder |
topophobia | fear of performing; fear of certain places |
toxicophobia | fear of poisoning |
toxiphobia | fear of poison or being poisoned |
triskaidekaphobia | fear of the number thirteen |
uranophobia | fear of heaven |
xenophobia | fear of foreigners |
zelophobia | fear of jealousy |
zoophobia | fear of animals |