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cacophobia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ca-co-pho-bia
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The fear of ugliness or ugly people.

Uncountable

Etymology

From caco- + -phobia, from Ancient Greek κακός (kakós) + φόβος (phóbos).

Word Breakdown

Usage

Rhymes With

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

Questions

What does cacophobia mean?
The fear of ugliness or ugly people.
Where does cacophobia come from?
From caco- + -phobia, from Ancient Greek κακός (kakós) + φόβος (phóbos).

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