aichmophobia
aichmophobia noun: the fear of needles and other pointed or sharp objects.
Noun
aichmophobia (uncountable)
- The fear of needles and other pointed or sharp objects.
- Some people cannot stand knives, swords, bayonets, anything sharp; psychiatrists have a word for it: aichmophobia. Idiots who drive cars a hundred miles an hour on fifty-mile-an-hour roads will nevertheless panic at the sight of a bare blade.1963, Robert Heinlein, Glory Road, Ch.1, at p.10
- In aichmophobia the person develops a pathological fear of sharp and pointed objects. He or she fears pieces of broken glass, scraps of metal, nails, and scissors. Fear of this kind leads to all sorts of eccentric habits.1977, George W. Kisker, The disorganized personality
- Synonyms:
- belonephobia, trypanophobia
aichmophobia meaning in Tamil and Kannada
aichmophobia in Tamil
- கூர்பொருள் அச்சம், கூர்ம் பொருளச்சம், கூர் வெருளி
aichmophobia in Kannada
- ಚೂಪಂಜಿಕೆ, ಮುಳ್ಳಂಜಿಕೆ, ದಬ್ಬಣದಂಜಿಕೆ, ಸೂಜಿಯಂಜಿಕೆ, ಮೊನಚಂಕಜಿಕೆ
Synonyms of aichmophobia
Origin of aichmophobia
From Ancient Greek αιχμή (aikhmḗ, “spearhead”) + -phobia.
Words that rhyme with aichmophobia
- aerophobia
- gerontophobia
- homophobia
- hydrophobia
- -phobia
- agoraphobia
- bathophobia
- Francophobia
- phobia
- radiophobia
- uxorophobia
- xanthophobia
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- xenophobia
- ablutophobia
- acephobia
- acousticophobia
- acrophobia
- adverbophobia
- agraphobia
- aibohphobia
- algophobia
- altophobia
- amathophobia
- amaxophobia
- ambulophobia
- androphobia
- anthophobia
- aphobia
- apiphobia
- arachibutyrophobia
- arachnophobia
- astraphobia
- astrophobia
- aviatophobia
- aviophobia
- bacillophobia
- batrachophobia
- botanophobia
- brontophobia
- bryobia
- cacophobia
- cancerphobia
- carcinophobia
- claustrophobia
- clinophobia
- clithrophobia
- coulrophobia
- cynophobia
- decidophobia
- emetophobia
- epistolophobia
- erotophobia
- eurotophobia
- gephyrophobia
- graphophobia
- gymnophobia
- gynophobia
- heliophobia
- hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia
- hippophobia
Questions about aichmophobia
- What does aichmophobia mean?
- Aichmophobia means the fear of needles and other pointed or sharp objects.
- What is aichmophobia in Tamil?
- Aichmophobia in Tamil is கூர்பொருள் அச்சம், கூர்ம் பொருளச்சம், கூர் வெருளி. See Aichmophobia meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is aichmophobia?
- Aichmophobia is a noun.
Words near aichmophobia in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: aichmophobia (page history and authors); aichmophobia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); aichmophobia (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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