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arachnophobic

arachnophobic adjective: relating to or suffering from arachnophobia.

Adjective

arachnophobic (comparative more arachnophobic, superlative most arachnophobic)

  1. Relating to or suffering from arachnophobia.
    • After the huntsman raced across my windscreen, I had an arachnophobic meltdown on the side of the road.2025 January 27, Alexandra Carlton, “The kindness of strangers: I pulled over in hysterics – then a passing driver saved me from the spider”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London...

Noun

arachnophobic (plural arachnophobics)

  1. Synonym of arachnophobe.
    Synonyms:
    arachnophobe

Synonyms of arachnophobic

Forms of arachnophobic

Adjective
comparativemore arachnophobic
superlativemost arachnophobic
Noun
pluralarachnophobics

Origin of arachnophobic

From arachno- + -phobic.

Questions about arachnophobic

What does arachnophobic mean?
Arachnophobic means relating to or suffering from arachnophobia.
What part of speech is arachnophobic?
Arachnophobic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near arachnophobic in the dictionary

  1. arachnophobes
  2. arachnophobia
  3. arachnophobiac
  4. arachnophobiacs
  5. arachnophobias
  6. arachnophobic
  7. arachnophobics
  8. arachnopial
  9. arachnotoxin
  10. arachnotoxins
  11. Arachosia

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