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misophone

misophone noun: a person who suffers from misophonia.

Noun

misophone (plural misophones)

  1. A person who suffers from misophonia.
    • One teen couldn’t stand the sound of her mother sighing and, after going on anti-depressants, attempted suicide three times. Psychologists have begun to call them misophones—people with an acute reaction to specific, usually low-volume sounds. But because the condition is still poorly understood...2013 July 19, Charles Bethea, “The Chewing Sound and the Fury”, in New Republic
    • […] [Jane Gregory] likened misophones to meerkat super guards, “able to detect the slightest hint of danger while the others forage for food and entertain the kids”.2025 October 11, Samantha Weinberg, “Do you have to breathe so loudly?”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 19

Forms of misophone

pluralmisophones

Origin of misophone

From miso- + -phone.

Questions about misophone

What does misophone mean?
Misophone means a person who suffers from misophonia.
What part of speech is misophone?
Misophone is a noun.
What is the plural of misophone?
The plural of misophone is misophones.

Words near misophone in the dictionary

  1. misoperates
  2. misoperating
  3. misoperation
  4. misoperations
  5. misophobia
  6. misophone
  7. misophones
  8. misophonia
  9. misophonic
  10. misopinion
  11. misopinions

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