- brontophobia
- The fear of thunder
Grandiloquent dictionary. 2006.
brontophobia
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Brontophobia — An abnormal and persistent fear of thunder that causes undue anxiety even though sufferers realize that thunder itself poses no threat to them. When outdoors during a thunderstorm, they may suffer excessive anxiety. When indoors, they may hide… … Medical dictionary
brontophobia — noun The fear of thunder and lightning … Wiktionary
brontophobia — fear of thunder and lightning Phobias … Phrontistery dictionary
brontophobia — bron·to·pho·bia … English syllables
brontophobia — n. dread of thunder and lightning … Dictionary of difficult words
brontophobia — ˌbräntəˈfōbēə noun Etymology: New Latin, from bront + phobia : abnormal fear of thunder … Useful english dictionary
бронтофобия — (brontophobia; греч. bronte гром + фобия) навязчивый страх боязнь грома … Большой медицинский словарь
Бронтофоби́я — (brontophobia; греч. brontē гром + Фобия) навязчивый страх боязнь грома … Медицинская энциклопедия
Fear of thunder — An abnormal and persistent fear of thunder that causes undue anxiety even though sufferers realize that thunder itself poses no threat to them. When outdoors during a thunderstorm, they may suffer excessive anxiety. When indoors, they may hide… … Medical dictionary
-phobia — The English suffixes phobia, phobic, phobe ( of Greek origin: φόβος/φοβία ) occur in technical usage in psychiatry to construct words that describe irrational, disabling fear as a mental disorder (e.g., agoraphobia), in chemistry to describe… … Wikipedia
