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misophones

misophones is the plural of misophone.

Meaning of misophone

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

Questions about misophones

What is misophones the plural of?
Misophones is the plural of misophone.

Words near misophones in the dictionary

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

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