antlophobia
antlophobia noun: the fear of floods or inundation.
Noun
antlophobia (uncountable)
- The fear of floods or inundation.
- As climate change brews, Woody is likely to suffer from a severe case of the newly diagnosed floodophobia (or antlophobia). He will not be alone.2010, Matthew E. Kahn, Climatopolis: How Our Cities Will Thrive in the Hotter Future, Basic Books, published 2010, →ISBN, page 114
- Two roads greet thee before thy devastation and failures...
one road stemming from Mama's womb
the other dislodged from Daddy's deformed testicles
Learning to read was thy great antlophobia
of which they twirled towards a dusty tomb.2012, "Dapharoah69", “"Response to Robert Frost's 'The Road Less Taken'”, in THE KINGD[O]M: A Testimony, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 371
antlophobia meaning in Tamil
antlophobia in Tamil
- வெள்ள வெருளி, வெள்ளவச்சம், வெள்ளம் குறித்த அச்சம்
Origin of antlophobia
Presumably from Ancient Greek ἄντλος (ántlos, “hold of a ship; bilgewater”), also defined in LSJ as "a flood of water" + -phobia.
Questions about antlophobia
- What does antlophobia mean?
- Antlophobia means the fear of floods or inundation.
- What is antlophobia in Tamil?
- Antlophobia in Tamil is வெள்ள வெருளி, வெள்ளவச்சம், வெள்ளம் குறித்த அச்சம். See Antlophobia meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is antlophobia?
- Antlophobia is a noun.
Words near antlophobia in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: antlophobia (page history and authors); antlophobia (Tamil 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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