Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tonitrophobia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: toni-tro-pho-bia
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The fear of thunder and lightning; keraunophobia.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The doctor who examined her had explained that tonitrophobia—fear of thunder—could, in extreme cases, cause seizures and, though extremely rare, could result in death."
"[…], I blame the iron for fueling my brontophobia or keraunophobia or astraphobia or tonitrophobia, whichever it is really called."
"Fear of thunder is known as brontophobia or as I like to put it, "I just feel safer hiding under my bed!" Astraphobia, brontophobia, keraunophobia, and tonitrophobia—all are abnormal fears of lightning and thunder."

Etymology

From Latin tonitr(us) (“thunder”) + -o- + -phobia.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does tonitrophobia mean?: The fear of thunder and lightning; keraunophobia.
Where does tonitrophobia come from?: From Latin tonitr(us) (“thunder”) + -o- + -phobia.

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