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cryophobia

cryophobia noun: fear of cold.

Noun

cryophobia (uncountable)

  1. Fear of cold.
    • You see, Dr. Olsen still harbors a bit of cryophobia, wheras I am absolutely convinced that exposure to cold is never injurious to one’s health, no matter how much discomfort one may suffer during such exposure.1931 February 25, William Brady, “Health Service”, in The Ludington Daily News, volume XLI, number 104, Ludington, Mich., page four
    • My two kids dig snow. Son Jason loves talking about it and running around looking out the window at it. But he won’t set foot in for long because I think he inherited Beryl’s cryophobia.1970 January 12, Bob Talbert, “Electric Blanket with Dual Dials Has Saved This Marriage”, in Detroit Free Press, volume 139, number 253, page 11-A

cryophobia meaning in Tamil

cryophobia in Tamil

குளிர் வெருளி

Origin of cryophobia

From cryo- + -phobia.

Questions about cryophobia

What does cryophobia mean?
Cryophobia means fear of cold.
What is cryophobia in Tamil?
Cryophobia in Tamil is குளிர் வெருளி. See Cryophobia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cryophobia?
Cryophobia is a noun.

Words near cryophobia in the dictionary

  1. cryophilic
  2. cryophilicity
  3. cryophilous
  4. cryophobe
  5. cryophobes
  6. cryophobia
  7. cryophorus
  8. cryophoruses
  9. cryophylactic
  10. cryophysics
  11. cryophysiological

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