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aquaphobia

aquaphobia noun: a fear of water, especially a morbid fear of drowning.

Noun

aquaphobia (uncountable)

  1. A fear of water, especially a morbid fear of drowning.
    • The goal — what Dash considers to be the mastery of aquaphobia — is to float peacefully in deep water for at least five minutes, 10 feet from a wall or support.2016 October 6, Malia Wollan, “How to Overcome Aquaphobia”, in The New York Times Magazine

aquaphobia meaning in Hindi and Kannada

aquaphobia in Hindi

fear of water — see also hydrophobia
जलांतक jalāntak, जलभीति jalbhīti

aquaphobia in Kannada

ನೀರಂಜಿಕೆ, ನೀರಿನಂಜಿಕೆ

Synonyms of aquaphobia

Antonyms

Origin of aquaphobia

From aqua- + -phobia.

Questions about aquaphobia

What does aquaphobia mean?
Aquaphobia means a fear of water, especially a morbid fear of drowning.
What is aquaphobia in Hindi?
Aquaphobia in Hindi is जलांतक (jalāntak), जलभीति (jalbhīti). See Aquaphobia meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is aquaphobia?
Aquaphobia is a noun.

Words near aquaphobia in the dictionary

  1. aquaphiliac
  2. aquaphiliacs
  3. aquaphilic
  4. aquaphobe
  5. aquaphobes
  6. aquaphobia
  7. aquaphobic
  8. aquaphobics
  9. aquaphone
  10. aquaphones
  11. aquaplane

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Adapted from Wiktionary: aquaphobia (page history and authors); aquaphobia (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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