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lilapsophobia

lilapsophobia noun: fear of tornadoes and hurricanes.

Noun

lilapsophobia (uncountable)

  1. Fear of tornadoes and hurricanes.
    • Sophie lost everything she owned in a tornado and now suffers from lilapsophobia—fear of tornadoes—so she re-located from Oklahoma to Florida.2014, Christopher Cortman, Harold Shinitzky, Laurie-Ann O'Connor, Take Control of Your Anxiety: A Drug-Free Approach to Living a Happy, Healthy Life
    • This sometimes results in lilapsophobia (the fear of tornadoes and hurricanes) which is expressed as an ongoing fear that any storms will become severe.2016, John Tyrrell, “Site Investigations of Tornado Events”, in Robert K. Doe, editor, Extreme Weather: Forty Years of the Tornado and Storm Research Organisation (TORRO), page 98

lilapsophobia meaning in Tamil

lilapsophobia in Tamil

புயல் வெருளி

Origin of lilapsophobia

From Ancient Greek λαῖλαψ (laîlaps, “hurricane”) + -o- + -phobia.

Questions about lilapsophobia

What does lilapsophobia mean?
Lilapsophobia means fear of tornadoes and hurricanes.
What is lilapsophobia in Tamil?
Lilapsophobia in Tamil is புயல் வெருளி. See Lilapsophobia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is lilapsophobia?
Lilapsophobia is a noun.

Words near lilapsophobia in the dictionary

  1. lilacs
  2. lilacwater
  3. Lilah
  4. lilangeni
  5. lilangenis
  6. lilapsophobia
  7. Lilbourne
  8. Lilburn
  9. Lilburne
  10. Lile
  11. Lileah

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