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psychrophobia

psychrophobia noun: an abnormal sensitivity to, or fear of cold.

Noun

psychrophobia (uncountable)

  1. (rare) An abnormal sensitivity to, or fear of cold
    • One bright, icy afternoon–shall I ever forget it?–while little Philly, at the prospect of a bath, was suffering under a severe attack of Psychrophobia, the baby, held in Aggy's now careful arms, was gazing through the window panes.1876, Mary Mapes Dodge, Theophilus and Others

psychrophobia meaning in Tamil

psychrophobia in Tamil

குளிர் வெருளி, குளிர்ச்சியச்சம், குளிரச்சம்

Origin of psychrophobia

From psychro- + -phobia.

Questions about psychrophobia

What does psychrophobia mean?
Psychrophobia means an abnormal sensitivity to, or fear of cold.
What is psychrophobia in Tamil?
Psychrophobia in Tamil is குளிர் வெருளி, குளிர்ச்சியச்சம், குளிரச்சம். See Psychrophobia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is psychrophobia?
Psychrophobia is a noun.

Words near psychrophobia in the dictionary

  1. psychrophiles
  2. psychrophilia
  3. psychrophilic
  4. psychrophilicity
  5. psychrophilous
  6. psychrophobia
  7. psychrophore
  8. psychrophores
  9. psychrophyte
  10. psychrophytes
  11. psychroplanet

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Adapted from Wiktionary: psychrophobia (page history and authors); psychrophobia (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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