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tonitrophobia

tonitrophobia noun: the fear of thunder and lightning; keraunophobia.

Noun

tonitrophobia (uncountable)

  1. The fear of thunder and lightning; keraunophobia.
    • The doctor who examined her had explained that tonitrophobia—fear of thunder—could, in extreme cases, cause seizures and, though extremely rare, could result in death.2008, Billie Letts, Made in the U.S.A., New York, NY: Grand Central Pub, →ISBN, page 271
    • […], I blame the iron for fueling my brontophobia or keraunophobia or astraphobia or tonitrophobia, whichever it is really called.2011, Margaret Roach, And I Shall Have Some Peace There: Trading in the Fast Lane for My Own Dirt Road, New York, NY: Grand Central Pub, →ISBN, page 94

tonitrophobia meaning in Tamil

tonitrophobia in Tamil

வானிலை வெருளி, வான் வெருளி

Origin of tonitrophobia

From Latin tonitr(us) (“thunder”) + -o- + -phobia.

Questions about tonitrophobia

What does tonitrophobia mean?
Tonitrophobia means the fear of thunder and lightning; keraunophobia.
What is tonitrophobia in Tamil?
Tonitrophobia in Tamil is வானிலை வெருளி, வான் வெருளி. See Tonitrophobia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is tonitrophobia?
Tonitrophobia is a noun.

Words near tonitrophobia in the dictionary

  1. Tonis
  2. tonish
  3. tonishly
  4. tonishness
  5. tonite
  6. tonitrophobia
  7. tonitruant
  8. tonitruate
  9. tonitruated
  10. tonitruates
  11. tonitruating

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