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astraphobia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
as-tra-pho-bia
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An abnormal fear of thunder and lightning.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀστραπή (astrapḗ, “lightning”) + -phobia.

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Rhymes With

homophobia phobia xenophobia claustrophobia agoraphobia zenobia arachnophobia photophobia trypophobia hydrophobia acrophobia coulrophobia

Questions

What does astraphobia mean?
An abnormal fear of thunder and lightning.
Where does astraphobia come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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