Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nephophobia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: nepho-pho-bia
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The fear of clouds.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Another "ia" was evolving here, she felt, to send Mrs. Goodchild scuttling delightedly: nephophobia, a terror of clouds."
"Lions, Tigers and Clouds….Oh My...Is it possible, you wonder, that I have Nephophobia?"
"Natural environment phobias include weather-related conditions such as fear of thunderstorms (astrophobia), clouds (nephophobia), hurricanes (lilapsophobia), snow (chionophobia), cold (cryophobia), wind (ancraophobia), and rain (ombrophobia), among others."

Etymology

From nepho- + -phobia.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: nepho
Suffix: phobia

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

nephophile nephophilia nephophobe

Questions

What does nephophobia mean?: The fear of clouds.
Where does nephophobia come from?: From nepho- + -phobia.

How to pronounce nephophobia

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