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pyrophobia

pyrophobia noun: an fear or hatred of fire or flames.

Noun

pyrophobia (uncountable)

  1. An fear or hatred of fire or flames.
    Synonyms:
    arsonphobia

pyrophobia meaning in Tamil and Sanskrit

pyrophobia in Tamil

நெருப்பச்சம் தீயச்சம், நெருப்பு வெருளி

pyrophobia in Sanskrit

fear of fires
अग्निभीति agnibhīti

Synonyms of pyrophobia

Origin of pyrophobia

From pyro- + -phobia. Displaced native Old English līeġeġesa.

Words formed from pyrophobia

Words that rhyme with pyrophobia

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Questions about pyrophobia

What does pyrophobia mean?
Pyrophobia means an fear or hatred of fire or flames.
What is pyrophobia in Tamil?
Pyrophobia in Tamil is நெருப்பச்சம் தீயச்சம், நெருப்பு வெருளி. See Pyrophobia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pyrophobia?
Pyrophobia is a noun.

Words near pyrophobia in the dictionary

  1. pyrophiles
  2. pyrophilia
  3. pyrophilous
  4. pyrophobe
  5. pyrophobes
  6. pyrophobia
  7. pyrophobic
  8. pyrophobics
  9. pyrophone
  10. pyrophones
  11. pyrophore

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