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ophiophobia

ophiophobia noun: a morbid fear of snakes.

Noun

ophiophobia (uncountable)

  1. A morbid fear of snakes.

ophiophobia meaning in Tamil and Malay

ophiophobia in Tamil

பாம்பு வெருளி

ophiophobia in Malay

fear of snakes
ofidiofobia

Synonyms of ophiophobia

Antonyms

  • ophiomania

Origin of ophiophobia

From ophio- (“snake”) + -phobia (“fear of”).

Words formed from ophiophobia

Questions about ophiophobia

What does ophiophobia mean?
Ophiophobia means a morbid fear of snakes.
What is ophiophobia in Tamil?
Ophiophobia in Tamil is பாம்பு வெருளி. See Ophiophobia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ophiophobia?
Ophiophobia is a noun.

Words near ophiophobia in the dictionary

  1. ophiophiles
  2. ophiophilist
  3. ophiophilists
  4. ophiophobe
  5. ophiophobes
  6. ophiophobia
  7. ophiophobic
  8. ophioplutei
  9. ophiopluteus
  10. ophiopogon
  11. ophiopogonin

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ophiophobia (page history and authors); ophiophobia (Tamil 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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