Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sonophobia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sono-pho-bia
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An unusual fear of sounds (especially loud noises).

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Patients with this condition often develop so-called sonophobia marked by fears of and/or aversions to sounds that individuals with normal hearing tolerate easily and find innocuous."
"There is no aura, there is some photophobia, sonophobia, and he goes to bed if possible."
"Like migraine headache, hemicrania continua is associated with nausea and vomiting, as well as sonophobia and phonophobia."

Etymology

From sono- + -phobia.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: sono
Suffix: phobia

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does sonophobia mean?: An unusual fear of sounds (especially loud noises).
Where does sonophobia come from?: From sono- + -phobia.

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