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bathophobia

/ˌbæθəˈfəʊbiə/

bathophobia noun: the fear of volumes with large depths such as stairways and deep caves.

Noun

bathophobia (uncountable)

  1. The fear of volumes with large depths such as stairways and deep caves.
  2. The fear of depths.
    • "You're afraid of the dark. That's nyctophobia. And you're afraid of deep places, or depth. That's bathophobia."2004, Michael A. Gibbs, A Fairy of Anneliese Glade, →ISBN

bathophobia meaning in Tamil

bathophobia in Tamil

ஆழத்தைப்பற்றி அதித அச்சம்

Antonyms of bathophobia

Origin of bathophobia

From batho- + -phobia.

Words that rhyme with bathophobia

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Questions about bathophobia

What does bathophobia mean?
Bathophobia means the fear of volumes with large depths such as stairways and deep caves.
What is bathophobia in Tamil?
Bathophobia in Tamil is ஆழத்தைப்பற்றி அதித அச்சம். See Bathophobia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is bathophobia?
Bathophobia is a noun.
How do you pronounce bathophobia?
Bathophobia is pronounced /ˌbæθəˈfəʊbiə/.

Words near bathophobia in the dictionary

  1. bathook
  2. bathooks
  3. bathophenanthroline
  4. bathophenantroline
  5. bathophilous
  6. bathophobia
  7. bathorhodopsin
  8. bathorse
  9. bathorses
  10. bathos
  11. bathoses

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