phob

Learn these words derived from the Greek word-forming element phobia, meaning "extreme fear or terror."
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  1. acrophobia
    a morbid fear of great heights
  2. agoraphobia
    a morbid fear of open spaces
  3. anglophobe
    a person who hates England and everything English
  4. arachnophobia
    a morbid fear of spiders
  5. autophobia
    an irrational fear of being alone
  6. claustrophobia
    a morbid fear of being closed in a confined space
  7. cyberphobia
    irrational fear of computers or technology
  8. hydrophobia
    a morbid fear of water
  9. phobia
    an anxiety disorder characterized by irrational fear
  10. xenophobia
    a fear of foreigners or strangers
  11. zoophobia
    a morbid fear of animals
Created on Mon Jun 02 11:28:31 EDT 2025 (updated Fri Jun 06 16:43:08 EDT 2025)

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