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pyrophobic

pyrophobic adjective: suffering from pyrophobia; afraid of fire.

Adjective

pyrophobic (comparative more pyrophobic, superlative most pyrophobic)

  1. Suffering from pyrophobia; afraid of fire.

Noun

pyrophobic (plural pyrophobics)

  1. A person who is afraid of fire.

Forms of pyrophobic

Adjective
comparativemore pyrophobic
superlativemost pyrophobic
Noun
pluralpyrophobics

Origin of pyrophobic

From pyro- + -phobic.

Questions about pyrophobic

What does pyrophobic mean?
Pyrophobic means suffering from pyrophobia; afraid of fire.
What part of speech is pyrophobic?
Pyrophobic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near pyrophobic in the dictionary

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

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