Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phonophobia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: phono-pho-bia
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An unusual fear of sound, especially of speaking aloud or of one's own voice.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"2003 Buck Wolf Wolf Files: Celebrity Phobias ABC News The 50-year-old Gest claims he's in constant pain from beatings during the 15-month marriage. The show business producer claims to be taking 11 different medications a day, some more than once, for headaches, nausea, hypertension, scalp tenderness, insomnia — and phonophobia. Phonophobia? Minnelli might assume that must be Gest's fear of being phony. After all, she denies all the allegations of violence. However, phonophobia is the fear of using a telephone and, especially, the fear of the sound of your own voice."

Etymology

From phono- + -phobia.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: phono
Suffix: phobia

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

phonophobias (plural)

Synonyms

acousticophobia

Questions

What does phonophobia mean?: An unusual fear of sound, especially of speaking aloud or of one's own voice.
Where does phonophobia come from?: From phono- + -phobia.

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