Mission Vocab || UP-TGT/PGT 2021 || Lesson-4 || Phobias

One Word Substitutions are frequently asked in your exams. Some of specific one word substitutions such phobias and manias are very important and easy to learn because it creates so much interest. I have written 136 most important phobias for you that are useful for your upcoming TGT-PGT English exam. Also read previous three lessons. Links are given below. 

1. acarophobia- fear of itching or of insects causing itching

2. acrophobia- fear of heights

3. aerophobia- fear of flying or draughts

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Mission Vocab || UP TGT-PGT 2021 || Lesson 1


4. agoraphobia- fear of open spaces

5. agyiophobia- fear of crossing busy streets

6. aichmophobia- fear of sharp or pointed objects

7. ailurophobia- fear of cats

8. algophobia- fear of pain

9. amathophobia- fear of dust

10. amaxophobia- fear of riding in a car

11. ambulophobia- fear of walking

12. anglophobia- fear of England or the English

13. anthrophobia- fear of humans

14. anuptaphobia- fear of staying single

15. aquaphobia- fear of water

16. arachibutyrophobia- fear of peanut butter sticking to roof of mouth

17. arachnophobia- fear of spiders

18. astraphobia- fear of being struck by lightning

19. astrapophobia- fear of thunder and lightning

20. automysophobia- fear of being dirty

21. autophobia- fear of solitude

22. ballistophobia- fear of missiles

23. bathophobia- fear of falling from a high place

24. batophobia- fear of heights or being close to tall buildings

25. batrachophobia- fear of frogs and toads

26. belonephobia- fear of pins and needles

27. bibliophobia- fear of books

28. blennophobia- fear of slime

29. brontophobia- fear of thunder and lightning

30. cancerophobia- fear of cancer

31. cathisophobia- fear of sitting

32. cenophobia- fear of empty spaces

33. chrematophobia- fear of money

34. cibophobia- fear of or distaste for food

35. claustrophobia- fear of closed spaces

36. climacophobia- fear of falling down stairs

37. clinophobia- fear of staying in bed

38. cremnophobia- fear of cliffs and precipices

39. cyberphobia- fear of computers

40. cynophobia- fear of dogs

41. dromophobia- fear of crossing streets

42. dysmorphophobia- fear of physical deformities

43. ecophobia- fear of home

44. eleutherophobia- fear of freedom

45. eosophobia- fear of dawn

46. ergasiophobia- fear of work

47. ergophobia- fear of work

48. erotophobia- fear of sex

49. erythrophobia- fear of red lights or of blushing

50. euphobia- fear of good news

51. Francophobia- fear of France or the French

52. gallophobia- fear of France or the French

53. gamophobia- fear of marriage

54. geniophobia- fear of chins

55. genophobia- fear of sex

56. gerascophobia- fear of growing old

57. graphophobia- fear of writing

58. gymnophobia- fear of nudity

59. heliophobia- fear of sunlight

60. herpetophobia- fear of snakes

61. hierophobia- fear of sacred things

62. homichlophobia- fear of fog

63. homophobia- fear of homosexuals

64. hydrophobia- fear of water

65. hypsophobia- fear of high places

66. iatrophobia- fear of going to the doctor

67. iconophobia- fear or hatred of images

68. kainotophobia- fear of change

69. kakorrhaphiophobia- fear of failure

70. kenophobia- fear of empty spaces

71. ligyrophobia- fear of loud noises

72. linonophobia- fear of string

73. lygophobia- fear of darkness

74. lyssophobia- fear of hydrophobia

75. macrophobia- fear of prolonged waiting

76. metrophobia- fear of poetry

77. monophobia- fear of being alone

78. muriphobia- fear of mice

79. myophobia- fear of mice

80. mysophobia- fear of contamination or dirt

81. nebulaphobia- fear of fog

82. necrophobia- fear of corpses

83. negrophobia- fear of blacks

84. neophobia- fear of novelty

85. nosophobia- fear of disease

86. novercaphobia- fear of one's stepmother

87. nyctophobia- fear of the night or darkness

88. ochlophobia- fear of crowds

89. oenophobia- fear or hatred of wine

90. ombrophobia- fear of rain

91. onomatophobia- fear of hearing a certain word

92. ophidiophobia- fear of snakes

93. ophthalmophobia- fear of being stared at

94. optophobia fear of opening one’s eyes

95. ornithophobia- fear of birds

96. paedophobia- fear of children; fear of dolls

97. panophobia- melancholia marked by groundless fears

98. pantophobia- fear of everything

99. parthophobia- fear of virgins

100. pathophobia- fear of disease

101. pediculophobia- fear of lice

102. pentheraphobia- fear or hatred of one’s mother-in-law

103. phagophobia- fear of eating


104. phengophobia- fear of daylight

105. phonophobia- fear of noise or of speaking aloud

106. photophobia- fear of light

107. pogonophobia- fear of beards

108. psychrophobia- fear of the cold

109. pteronophobia- fear of being tickled by feathers

110. pyrophobia- fear of fire

111. Russophobia- fear of Russia or Russians

112. satanophobia- fear of the devil

113. sciaphobia- fear of shadows

114. scopophobia- fear of being looked at

115. scoptophobia- fear of being looked at

116. scotophobia- fear of the dark

117. sitiophobia- fear of food

118. sitophobia- fear of food or eating

119. spectrophobia- fear of looking in a mirror

120. symmetrophobia- fear of symmetry

121. syphilophobia- fear of syphilis

122. taphephobia- fear of being buried alive

123. technophobia- fear of technology

124. thalassophobia- fear of the sea

125. thanatophobia- fear of death

126. theophobia- fear of God

127. tocophobia- fear of pregnancy or childbirth

128. tonitrophobia- fear of thunder

129. topophobia- fear of performing; fear of certain places

130. toxicophobia- fear of poisoning

131. toxiphobia- fear of poison or being poisoned

132. triskaidekaphobia- fear of the number thirteen

133. uranophobia- fear of heaven

134. xenophobia- fear of foreigners

135. zelophobia- fear of jealousy

136. zoophobia- fear of animals

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