hydrophoby

Noun

hydrophobia (countable and uncountable, plural hydrophobias)

1. 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

   Synonyms:

   waterfright

2. (colloquial) 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

3. A lack of affinity for water; the quality of being hydrophobic

   Synonyms:

   water fear

   Antonyms:

   hydrophilia, hygroscopy