A –
ablutophobia
Fear of bathing. [ID, CE]
acarophobia
Fear of mites or itching. [ID, CE]
acerbophobia
syn. of acerophobia. [ID]
acerophobia
Fear of sourness. [ID]
achluophobia
Fear of darkness. [ID]
acidophobia
Aversion (of plants) to acidic soil. [ID]
acousticophobia
Fear of noise. [ID, CE]
acrophobia
Fear of heights. [OED, ID, CE]
aelurophobia
syn. of ailurophobia. [ID, CE]
aeronausiphobia
Fear of aeroplanes/airplanes. [ID, CE]
aerophobia
Fear of air and drafts. [OED, ID, CE, WP]
agliophobia
syn. of algophobia. [CE]
agoraphobia
Fear of open spaces. [OED, ID, CE, WP]
agraphobia
Fear of sexual abuse. [ID, CE]
agrizoophobia
Fear of wild animals. [ID]
agyiophobia
Fear of streets. [ID]
agyrophobia
syn. of agyiophobia. [ID]
aibohphobia
Fear of palindromes. [WP]
aichmophobia
Fear of knives and other sharp objects. [ID]
aichurophobia
Fear of being touched by pointed objects. [CE]
ailourophobia
syn. of ailurophobia. [ID]
ailurophobia
Fear of cats. [OED, ID]
airphobia
syn. of aerophobia. [ID]
albuminurophobia
Fear of kidney disease. [ID]
alcoholophobia
syn. of potophobia. [ID]
alektorophobia
Fear of chickens. [ID, CE, WP]
algophobia
Fear of pain. [OED, ID, CE]
alliumphobia
Fear of garlic. [ID]
allodoxaphobia
Fear of other people's opinions. [ID]
altophobia
syn. of acrophobia. [ID]
alychiphobia
syn. of kakorrhaphiophobia. [CE]
amathophobia
Fear of dust. [ID, CE]
amaxophobia
Fear of travelling in cars/automobiles. [ID, CE]
ambulophobia
syn. of basiphobia. [ID, CE]
amechophobia
syn. of amychophobia. [CE]
amnesiophobia
Fear of amnesia. [ID, CE]
amychophobia
Fear of being scratched. [ID]
anablepophobia
Fear of looking up at high places. [ID]
ancraophobia
syn. of anemophobia. [ID]
androphobia
Fear of men. [ID, CE]
anemiaphobia
syn. of anemophobia. [ID]
anemophobia
Fear of cyclones or wind. [ID, CE]
anginophobia
Fear of heart attacks. [ID]
Anglophobia
Fear of England or the English. [OED, ID, CE]
ankylophobia
Fear of immobility of a joint. [ID]
anophelophobia
Fear of painful sexual intercourse. [ID]
anthophobia
Fear of flowers. [ID, CE]
anthropophobia
Fear of people. [OED, ID, CE]
antlophobia
Fear of floods. [ID, CE]
anuptaphobia
Fear of staying single. [ID, CE]
apeirophobia
Fear of infinity. [ID, WP]
aphephobia
syn. of haphephobia. [ID]
apiophobia
syn. of apiphobia. [ID, CE]
apiphobia
Fear of bees. [ID]
aquaphobia
syn. of hydrophobia. [ID, CE]
arachibutyro–
phobia
Fear of getting peanut butter stuck to the roof of the mouth.
[ID, CE, WP]
arachnephobia
syn. of arachnophobia. [ID]
arachniphobia
syn. of arachnophobia. [OED]
arachnophobia
Fear of spiders. [OED, ID, CE]
arithmophobia
Fear of numbers. [ID, CE]
Armenophobia
Fear of Armenia or Armenians. [OED]
arrhenophobia
syn. of androphobia. [ID]
arsonophobia
syn. of pyrophobia. [ID]
asthenophobia
Fear of weakness. [ID, CE]
astraphobia
Fear of lightning. [ID, CE]
astrapophobia
syn. of astraphobia. [ID]
astrophobia
Fear of stars. [OED, ID, CE]
ataxiophobia
Fear of disorder. [ID, CE]
ataxophobia
syn. of ataxiophobia. [ID]
atelophobia
Fear of imperfection. [ID, CE]
atephobia
Fear of ruin. [ID]
atychiphobia
syn. of kakorrhaphiophobia. [ID]
aulophobia
Fear of flutes. [ID, WP]
aurophobia
Fear of gold. [ID, WP]
auroraphobia
Fear of the Northern Lights. [ID, CE]
Austrophobia
Fear of Austria or Austrians. [OED]
automysophobia
Fear of being dirty. [ID, CE]
autophobia
(1) Fear of solitude;
(2) syn. of aulophobia. [ID]
aviatophobia
Fear of flying. [ID]
– B –
bacilliphobia
Fear of bacilli (a type of bacterium). [CE]
bacillophobia
Fear of germs. [ID]
bacteriaphobia
Fear of bacteria. [CE]
bacteriophobia
syn. of bacillophobia. [OED, ID]
ballistophobia
Fear of missiles or being shot. [ID]
ballistrophobia
syn. of ballistophobia. [CE]
barophobia
Fear of gravity. [ID, CE, WP]
basiphobia
Fear of walking. [ID]
basistasiphobia
syn. of stasibasiphobia. [ID]
basophobia
syn. of basiphobia. [ID, CE]
basostasophobia
syn. of stasibasiphobia. [ID]
batarachophobia
syn. of batrachophobia. [CE]
bathmophobia
syn. of basiphobia. [ID]
bathophobia
Fear of depth. [ID, CE]
batophobia
Fear of passing a tall building. [ID, CE]
batrachophobia
Fear of frogs and toads. [OED, ID]
belonephobia
Fear of pins and needles. [ID]
bibliophobia
Fear of books. [OED, ID, CE]
blennophobia
Fear of slime. [ID, CE]
blenophobia
syn. of belonephobia. [CE]
bogyphobia
syn. of demonophobia. [OED, ID, CE]
botanophobia
Fear of plants. [ID]
bromidrosiphobia
Fear of body odour. [ID]
bromidrosophobia
syn. of bromidrosiphobia. [CE]
brontephobia
syn. of brontophobia. [ID]
brontophobia
cacophobia
Fear of ugliness. [CE]
cacophonophobia
Fear of bad music. [WP]
cainophobia
syn. of kainophobia. [ID, CE]
cainotophobia
syn. of kainophobia. [ID]
calciphobia
Inability (of plants) to grow in lime-rich soil. [ID]
cancerophobia
syn. of carcinophobia. [ID]
cancerphobia
syn. of carcinophobia. [ID]
carcinomatophobia
syn. of carcinophobia. [ID]
carcinophobia
Fear of cancer. [ID, CE]
cardiophobia
Fear of heart disease. [ID, CE]
carnophobia
Fear of meat. [ID, CE, WP]
catagelophobia
Fear of ridicule. [ID]
catapedaphobia
Fear of jumping, from both high and low places. [ID]
cathisophobia
syn. of thaasophobia. [ID, CE]
catophtrophobia
syn. of catoptrophobia. [CE]
catoptrophobia
Fear of mirrors. [ID]
celtophobia
Fear of Celtic people. [ID]
cenophobia
syn. of agoraphobia. [ID]
cenotophobia
syn. of kainophobia. [ID]
centophobia
syn. of agoraphobia. [CE]
ceraunophobia
syn. of keraunophobia. [ID]
chactophobia
syn. of trichophobia. [CE]
chaetophobia
syn. of trichophobia. [ID]
cheimaphobia
Fear of cold. [ID, CE]
cheimatophobia
syn. of cheimaphobia. [ID]
cherophobia
Fear of gaiety. [ID, CE, WP]
chidophobia
Fear of insect stings. [CE]
chionophobia
Fear of snow. [ID, CE]
chiraptophobia
syn. of haphephobia. [CE]
choleraphobia
Fear of cholera, an infectious intestinal disorder. [OED]
cholerophobia
Fear of cholera. [ID]
chorophobia
Fear of dancing. [ID, CE]
chrematophobia
Fear of wealth. [ID, CE]
chromatophobia
syn. of chromophobia. [ID]
chrometophobia
syn. of chrematophobia. [ID]
chromophobia
Fear of colours. [ID, CE]
chronophobia
Fear of time. [ID, CE, WP]
cibophobia
syn. of sitophobia. [ID, CE]
claustrophobia
Fear of closed spaces. [OED, ID, CE, WP]
cleisiophobia
syn. of claustrophobia. [ID]
cleithrophobia
syn. of claustrophobia. [ID]
cleptophobia
syn. of kleptophobia. [ID]
climacophobia
Fear of stairs. [ID, CE]
clinophobia
Fear of going to bed. [ID, CE]
clithrophobia
syn. of claustrophobia. [ID]
cnidophobia
syn. of chidophobia. [ID]
coimetrophobia
Fear of cemeteries. [ID, CE]
coitophobia
Fear of sexual intercourse. [ID, CE]
colorphobia
Fear of people of a particular colour. [OED]
cometophobia
Fear of comets. [ID, CE]
contrectophobia
syn. of agraphobia. [ID]
coprophobia
Fear of excrement. [OED, ID, CE]
coprostasophobia
Fear of constipation. [ID, CE]
corpulophobia
Fear of widths. [WP]
counterphobia
Seeking that which one fears. [ID]
cremnophobia
Fear of precipices. [OED, ID, CE]
criticophobia
Fear of critics or criticism. [OED]
cryophobia
Fear of ice. [ID, CE]
crystallophobia
Fear of glass. [ID, CE]
cyberphobia
Fear of computers. [OED, CE]
cyclophobia
Fear of cyclists or cycling. [OED]
cymophobia
Fear of waves. [ID, CE]
cynophobia
Fear of dogs or rabies. [OED, ID, CE]
cyprianophobia
Fear of prostitutes. [ID, CE]
cypridophobia
Fear of venereal disease. [ID]
cyprinophobia
Fear of lewd women. [ID]
cypriphobia
syn. of cypridophobia. [ID]
daemonophobia
syn. of demonophobia. [ID]
decidophobia
Fear of making decisions. [ID, CE]
defecalgesiophobia
Fear of painful defecation. [ID, CE]
deipnophobia
Fear of dining or dinner conversation. [OED, ID, CE]
dementophobia
syn. of maniaphobia. [CE]
demonophobia
Fear of demons (spirits, goblins, etc.). [OED, ID]
demophobia
syn. of ochlophobia. [ID, CE]
dendrophobia
Fear of trees. [ID, CE]
dentophobia
Fear of going to the dentist. [CE]
dermatopathophobia
syn. of dermatophobia. [ID]
dermatophobia
Fear of skin disease. [ID, CE]
dermatosiophobia
syn. of dermatophobia. [ID]
dextrophobia
Fear of rightness and things to the right. [ID, WP]
diabetophobia
Fear of diabetes. [ID]
diametrophobia
syn. of corpulophobia. [WP]
didaskaleinophobia
Fear of going to school. [CE]
dikephobia
Fear of justice. [ID, WP]
dinophobia
Fear of dizziness or whirlpools. [ID, CE]
diplopiaphobia
Fear of double vision. [ID, CE]
diplychiphobia
syn. of dystychiphobia. [CE]
dipsomanophobia
syn. of potophobia. [ID]
dipsophobia
syn. of potophobia. [ID, CE]
dishabillophobia
Fear of undressing in front of someone. [ID]
domatophobia
syn. of ecophobia. [ID, CE]
doraphobia
Fear of fur. [ID, CE]
dromophobia
Fear of crossing streets. [ID, CE]
dysmorphophobia
Fear of deformity. [OED, ID, CE]
dystychiphobia
Fear of accidents. [ID, CE]
E ecclesiophobia
Fear of church. [OED, ID, CE]
ecophobia
Fear of home. [ID, CE]
eisoptrophobia
syn. of catoptrophobia. [ID, CE]
electrophobia
syn. of elektrophobia. [ID]
elektrophobia
Fear of electricity. [CE]
eleutherophobia
Fear of freedom. [ID, CE, WP]
elurophobia
syn. of ailurophobia. [ID]
emetophobia
Fear of vomiting. [ID, CE]
enetophobia
syn. of belonephobia. [ID]
enissophobia
syn. of hamartophobia. [ID]
enochlophobia
syn. of ochlophobia. [ID]
enosiophobia
syn. of hamartophobia. [ID]
entomophobia
Fear of insects. [ID]
entonophobia
Fear of ticks. [CE]
entophobia
syn. of entomophobia. [CE]
eosophobia
Fear of dawn. [ID, CE]
eremiophobia
syn. of autophobia. [ID]
eremophobia
syn. of autophobia. [ID]
ereuthophobia
syn. of erythrophobia. [ID]
ereuthrophobia
syn. of erythrophobia. [CE]
ergasiophobia
Fear of work. [ID, CE]
ergophobia
syn. of ergasiophobia. [OED, ID]
ermitophobia
syn. of autophobia. [ID]
erotophobia
syn. of coitophobia. [ID, CE]
erythrophobia
(1) Fear of the colour red;
(2) Fear of blushing. [OED, ID, CE]
esodophobia
syn. of primeisodophobia. [ID]
euphobia
Fear of good news. [ID]
euphophobia
syn. of euphobia. [WP]
eurotophobia
syn. of kolpophobia. [ID, CE]
expansophobia
syn. of corpulophobia. [WP]
- F febriphobia
Fear of fever. [ID, CE]
felinophobia
syn. of ailurophobia. [ID]
feminophobia
syn. of gynephobia. [OED, ID]
Francophobia
Fear of France or the French. [OED, ID]
frigophobia
syn. of cheimaphobia. [ID]
- G galeophobia
syn. of ailurophobia. [ID, CE]
Gallophobia
syn. of Francophobia. [OED, ID, CE]
gametophobia
syn. of gamophobia. [ID]
gamophobia
Fear of marriage. [ID, CE]
gatophobia
syn. of ailurophobia. [ID]
geliophobia
syn. of gelophobia. [CE]
gelophobia
Fear of laughter. [ID, WP]
geniophobia
Fear of chins. [ID, WP]
genophobia
syn. of coitophobia. [ID]
gentianophobia
Resistance (of cells) to staining with gentian. [ID]
gephydrophobia
syn. of gephyrophobia. [ID]
gephyrophobia
Fear of crossing a bridge. [ID, CE]
gerascophobia
Fear of growing old. [ID, CE]
Germanophobia
Fear of Germany or Germans. [OED, ID]
geumaphobia
syn. of geumophobia. [ID]
geumatophobia
syn. of geumophobia. [ID]
geumophobia
Fear of unfamiliar tastes. [ID]
glossophobia
Fear of talking. [ID, CE]
graphophobia
Fear of writing. [ID, CE]
grecophobia
Fear of Greek customs. [ID]
gringophobia
Fear of Gringos. [ID]
gymnophobia
Fear of nudity. [ID, CE]
gynephobia
Fear of women. [ID, CE]
gynophobia
syn. of gynephobia. [OED, ID]
- H hadephobia
Fear of hell. [ID]
haematophobia
syn. of hematophobia. [OED]
hagiophobia
Fear of holy things. [ID, CE]
halophobia
(1) Fear of speaking;
(2) Inability (of plants) to grow in salt-rich soil. [ID, CE]
hamartophobia
Fear of sin or sinning. [ID, CE]
haphephobia
Fear of being touched. [ID, CE]
hapnophobia
syn. of haphephobia. [ID]
haptephobia
syn. of haphephobia. [ID]
haptophobia
syn. of haphephobia. [ID]
harmatophobia
syn. of hamartophobia. [ID]
harpaxophobia
syn. of kleptophobia. [ID]
hedonophobia
Fear of pleasure. [ID, CE, WP]
heliophobia
Fear of sunlight. [OED, ID, CE, WP]
hellenophobia
Fear of Greek or Latin terms. [ID, WP]
helminthophobia
Fear of being infested with worms. [ID]
hemaphobia
syn. of hematophobia. [ID]
hematophobia
Fear of blood. [ID, CE]
hemophobia
syn. of hematophobia. [ID]
heresyphobia
Fear of heresy. [ID]
herpetophobia
syn. of ophidiophobia. [ID, CE]
hierophobia
(1) Fear of clergymen;
(2) syn. of hagiophobia. [OED, ID, CE]
hippophobia
Fear of horses. [OED, ID, CE]
hodophobia
Fear of travel. [ID, CE]
homichlophobia
Fear of fog. [ID, CE]
homilophobia
Fear of sermons. [ID, CE, WP]
homophobia
(1) Fear or hatred of homosexuals;
(2) Fear of monotony. [OED, ID, CE]
hoplophobia
Fear of firearms. [CE]
hormephobia
Fear of shock. [ID]
hyalophobia
syn. of crystallophobia. [ID]
hydrophobia
(1) Fear of water;
(2) Medical term for rabies. [OED, ID]
hydrophobophobia
Fear of rabies. [ID]
hydrophophobia
syn. of hydrophobophobia. [CE]
hyelophobia
syn. of crystallophobia. [ID]
hygrophobia
Fear of dampness or liquids, especially water or wine. [ID, WP]
hylephobia
(1) Fear of forests or wood;
(2) Fear of materialism. [ID]
hylophobia
syn. of hylephobia. [ID, CE]
hypegiaphobia
syn. of hypengyophobia. [ID]
hypengyophobia
Fear of responsibility. [ID]
hypnophobia
Fear of sleep. [OED, ID, CE]
hypophobia
Absence of fear. [ID]
hypsiphobia
syn. of acrophobia. [ID]
hypsophobia
syn. of acrophobia. [ID]