hydrophobia
Syllables: hy·dro·phob·iaUK/ˌhaɪ.dɹə(ʊ)ˈfəʊ.bi.ə/US/ˌhaɪ.dɹəˈfoʊ.bi.ə/
hydrophobia noun: an aversion to water, as a symptom of rabies; the disease of rabies itself.
Noun
hydrophobia (countable and uncountable, plural hydrophobias)
- An aversion to water, as a symptom of rabies; the disease of rabies itself.
- […] Cato, who ſcorned both death and fortune, could not abide the ſight of a looking glaſſe or of water; overcome with horrour, and quelled with amazement, if by the contagion of a mad dog he had falne into that ſickneſſe which Phiſitians call Hydroforbia, or feare of waters.1603, Michel de Montaigne, “An Apologie of Raymond Sebond”, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC, page 319
- Now that I have breathed a little, I am anxious to know your opinion of the nature of that affection in the throat, which deprives a patient of the power of ſwallowing in conſequence of hydrophobia.1796 April, “Art. 27. Dialogues between a Pupil of the Late John Hunter and Jesse Foot, including Passages in Darwin’s Zoonomia. 8vo. pp. 102. 3s. sewed. Becket. 1795. [book review]”, in The Monthly...
- Synonyms:
- waterfright
- A morbid fear of water; aquaphobia.
- [page 39] HydroPhobias begin on land long before casting off. But once at sea, fear is quickly lost in the joys and pleasures of the passage. […] [page 40] There are three HydroPhobias. The Big Three. Two of the Big Three are fears that prevent landlubbers from becoming sailors. The third is primal...[1998, Reese Palley, “HydroPhobias”, in Unlikely Passages, Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Sheridan House, published 2002, →ISBN, pages 39 and 40
- Synonyms:
- aquaphobia, waterfright
- A lack of affinity for water; the quality of being hydrophobic
- Synonyms:
- water fear
- Antonyms:
- hydrophilia, hygroscopy
hydrophobia meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Kannada
hydrophobia in Hindi
- rabies — see also rabies
- जलांतक jalāntak, जलत्रास jaltrās
- fear of water — see also aquaphobia
- जलत्रास jaltrās
hydrophobia in Tamil
- நீர் அச்சம், நீர்மருட்சி, நீர்வெறுப்புநோய், விசர்நாய்க்கடிநோய்
hydrophobia in Bengali
- জলাতঙ্ক, পানির প্রতি তীব্র ভীতি
hydrophobia in Kannada
- ಜಲದ್ವೇಷ, ನಾಯಿಕಡಿದ ರೋಗ, ರೇಬೀಸ್, ನಾಯಿಹುಚ್ಚು, ನೀರಂಜಿಕೆ
More languagesFewer languages
- hydrophobia in Tagalog
- takot sa tubig, tubigsikway
- hydrophobia in Arabic
- كَلَب kalab
- hydrophobia in Malay
- hidrofobia, penyakit anjing gila
Examples of hydrophobia in a sentence
- I myself knew a boy whose face was licked by a dog that was going mad, and who died of hydrophobia.1851, Samuel Hahnemann; R. E. Dudgeon, compiler and transl., “The Bite of Mad Dogs”, in The Lesser Writings of Samuel Hahnemann: Collected...
- [page 39] HydroPhobias begin on land long before casting off.[1998, Reese Palley, “HydroPhobias”, in Unlikely Passages, Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Sheridan House, published 2002, →ISBN, pages 39 and 40:
Synonyms of hydrophobia
Antonyms
Forms of hydrophobia
| plural | hydrophobias |
|---|---|
| alternative form (archaic) | hydrophoby |
Origin of hydrophobia
From Middle English idroforbia (“hydrophobia”), from Latin hydrophobia, from Ancient Greek ὑδροφοβία (hudrophobía), from ὑδρο- (hudro-), combining form of ῠ̔́δωρ (hŭ́dōr, “water”), + φοβία (phobía, “phobia”). The word is analysable as hydro- + -phobia.
Words formed from hydrophobia
Phrases with hydrophobia
Words that rhyme with hydrophobia
- aerophobia
- gerontophobia
- homophobia
- -phobia
- agoraphobia
- bathophobia
- Francophobia
- phobia
- radiophobia
- uxorophobia
- xanthophobia
- xenophobia
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- ablutophobia
- acephobia
- acousticophobia
- acrophobia
- adverbophobia
- agraphobia
- aibohphobia
- aichmophobia
- algophobia
- altophobia
- amathophobia
- amaxophobia
- ambulophobia
- androphobia
- anthophobia
- aphobia
- apiphobia
- arachibutyrophobia
- arachnophobia
- astraphobia
- astrophobia
- aviatophobia
- aviophobia
- bacillophobia
- batrachophobia
- botanophobia
- brontophobia
- bryobia
- cacophobia
- cancerphobia
- carcinophobia
- claustrophobia
- clinophobia
- clithrophobia
- coulrophobia
- cynophobia
- decidophobia
- emetophobia
- epistolophobia
- erotophobia
- eurotophobia
- gephyrophobia
- graphophobia
- gymnophobia
- gynophobia
- heliophobia
- hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia
- hippophobia
Questions about hydrophobia
- What does hydrophobia mean?
- Hydrophobia means an aversion to water, as a symptom of rabies; the disease of rabies itself.
- What is hydrophobia in Hindi?
- Hydrophobia in Hindi is जलांतक (jalāntak), जलत्रास (jaltrās). See Hydrophobia meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use hydrophobia in a sentence?
- I myself knew a boy whose face was licked by a dog that was going mad, and who died of hydrophobia.
- What part of speech is hydrophobia?
- Hydrophobia is a noun.
- How do you pronounce hydrophobia?
- Hydrophobia is pronounced /ˌhaɪ.dɹə(ʊ)ˈfəʊ.bi.ə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of hydrophobia?
- The plural of hydrophobia is hydrophobias.
Words near hydrophobia in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: hydrophobia (page history and authors); hydrophobia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Hydrophobia (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hydrophobia (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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