List of phobias

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Updated: 2026-01-07

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Name of Phobia | Explanation

Ablutophobia - To be afraid of washing.

Acerophobia - To be afraid of sour tastes.

Achluophobia - To be afraid of darkness.

Aerophobia - To be afraid of flying.

Agateophobia - To be afraid of madness.

Agliophobia - To be afraid of pain.

Agrizoofobi - To be afraid of wild animals.

Agyrophobia - To be afraid of crossing streets.

Ailurophobia - To be afraid of cats.

Albuminurophobia - To be afraid of kidney disease.

Alektorophobia - To be afraid of chickens.

Algophobia - To be afraid of pain.

Alliumphobia - To be afraid of garlic.

Altophobia - To be afraid of heights.

Amaxophobia - To be afraid of car travel.

Androphobia - To be afraid of men.

Anemophobia - To be afraid of wind.

Anginophobia - To be afraid of suffocation or Angina.

Anglophobia - To be afraid of England and / or something English.

Angrophobia - To be afraid of anger or getting angry.

Antlofobi - To be afraid of floods.

Apeirophobia - To be afraid of infinity.

Apiphobic - To be afraid of bees.

Apotemnophobia - To be afraid of people with amputations.

Astrophobia - To be afraid of celestial space.

Ataxiophobia - To be afraid of lack of muscular coordination.

Ataxophobia - To be afraid of disorder.

Atelophobia - To be afraid of imperfection.

Atephobia - To be afraid of ruin or ruins.

Athazagorafobi - To be afraid of being forgotten or ignored.

Atomosofobi - To be afraid of atomic explosions.

Aurophobia - To be afraid of gold.

Autodysomophobia - To be afraid of bad smells or smelly people.

Automysophobia - To be afraid of getting dirty.

Autophobia - To be afraid of loneliness or being abandoned.

Bacillophobia - To be afraid of microbes.

Ballistofobi - To be afraid of missiles or bullets.

Barophobia - To be afraid of gravity.

Batophobia - To be afraid of depths.

Belonephobia - To be afraid of needles or pointed objects.

Bibliophobia - To be afraid of books.

Blennophobia - To be afraid of mucus.

Botanophobia - To be afraid of plants.

Brontophobia - To be afraid of thunder and lightning.

Bufonophobia - To be afraid of toads.

Catagelophobia - To be afraid of being ridiculed.

Catharsidophobia - To be afraid of cockroaches.

Chaetophobia - To be afraid of hair.

Cherophobia - To be afraid of fun or merriment.

Chionophobia - To be afraid of snow.

Chiraptophobia - To be afraid of being touched.

Chorophobia - To be afraid to dance.

Cibophobia - To be afraid of food.

Cnidophobia - To be afraid of stings.

Coitophobia - To be afraid of sex.

Colpophobia - To be afraid of genitals.

Cosmicophobia - To be afraid of cosmic phenomena.

Cynophobia - To be afraid of dogs.

Decidophobia - To be afraid of making decisions.

Deipnophobia - To be afraid of eating dinner.

Dementophobia - To be afraid of madness.

Demophobia - To be afraid of crowds.

Dendrophobia - To be afraid of trees.

Dentophobia - To be afraid of dentists or dental care.

Dextrophobia - To be afraid of objects on the right side of the body.

Diabetophobia - To be afraid of diabetes.

Didaskaleinophobia - To be afraid of going to school.

Dikephobia - To be afraid of justice.

Dinophobia - To be afraid of dizziness or whirlpools.

Dipsophobia - To be afraid of drinking alcohol.

Dishabiliophobia - To be afraid to undress in front of someone.

Domatophobia - To be afraid of houses.

Dorafobi - To be afraid of fur.

Doxophobia - To be afraid of being praised or expressing an opinion.

Dromophobia - To be afraid to cross the street.

Eleutherophobia - To be afraid of freedom.

Elurophobia - To be afraid of cats.

Emetophobia - To be afraid of vomiting.

Enetophobia - To be afraid of pins.

Entomophobia - To be afraid of insects.

Eosofobi - To be afraid of dawn or daylight.

Epistaxiophobia - To be afraid of nosebleeds.

Epistemophobia - To be afraid of knowledge.

Frigophobia - To be afraid of the cold.

Gamophobia - To be afraid of commitment or marriage.

Geliophobia - To be afraid of laughter.

Gelotophobia - To be afraid of being laughed at.

Geniophobia - To be afraid of chins.

Genophobia - To be afraid of sex.

Genuphobia - To be afraid of knees.

Germanophobia - To be afraid of Germany or something German.

Gerontophobia - To be afraid of old people or growing old.

Glossophobia - To be afraid of speaking in front of an audience.

Gnosiophobia - To be afraid of knowledge.

Gymnophobia - To be afraid of nudity.

Hadephobia - To be afraid of hell.

Hagiophobia - To be afraid of saints.

Hamartophobia - To be afraid of sinning.

Harpaxophobia - To be afraid of being robbed.

Hedonophobia - To be afraid of feeling pleasure.

Heliophobia - To be afraid of the sun.

Herpetophobia - To be afraid of reptiles.

Heterophobia - To be afraid of the opposite sex.

Hierophobia - To be afraid of priests.

Hodophobia - To be afraid of road trips.

Homilophobia - To be afraid of preaching.

Hominophobia - To be afraid of men.

Homophobia - To be afraid of homosexuals or homosexuality.

Hoplofobi - To be afraid of firearms.

Hydrophobia - To be afraid of water.

Hygrophobia - To be afraid of liquid or moisture.

Hylefobi - To be afraid of materialism.

Hylofobi - To be afraid of forests.

Hypnophobia - To be afraid of sleep or being hypnotized.

Illyngophobia - To be afraid of dizziness.

Iophobia - To be afraid of poison.

Isolophobia - To be afraid of loneliness or being alone.

Isopterophobia - To be afraid of termites.

Japanophobia - To be afraid of Japan or things Japanese.

Judeophobia - To be afraid of Jews.

Kenophobia - To be afraid of empty spaces.

Kleptophobia - To be afraid of stealing.

Koinonifobi - To be afraid of space (rooms).

Koniophobia - To be afraid of dust.

Kopophobia - To be afraid of fatigue or exhaustion.

Kymophobi - To be afraid of waves.

Kynophobia - To be afraid of rabies.

Leukophobia - To be afraid of white.

Levophobia - To be afraid of objects on the left side of the body.

Ligyrophobia - To be afraid of loud noises.

Limnophobia - To be afraid of lakes.

Linonophobia - To be afraid of string.

Lockiophobia - To be afraid of childbirth.

Logophobia - To be afraid of words.

Luifobi - To be afraid of syphilis.

Lutrafobi - To be afraid of otters.

Lygophobia - To be afraid of darkness or twilight.

Lysophobia - To be afraid of going crazy.

Maieusiophobia - To be afraid of childbirth.

Mastigophobia - To be afraid of whips or punishment.

Megalophobia - To be afraid of big things.

Melanophobia - To be afraid of black.

Melissophobia - To be afraid of bees.

Melophobia - To be afraid of music.

Menophobia - To be afraid of menstruation.

Metallophobia - To be afraid of metal.

Meteorophobia - To be afraid of meteors.

Metrophobia - To be afraid of poetry.

Mnemophobia - To be afraid of memories.

Monophobia - To be afraid of loneliness.

Mottephobia - To be afraid of moths.

Myxophobia - To be afraid of mucus.

Nebulaphobia - To be afraid of fog.

Nelophobia - To be afraid of glass.

Neophobia - To be afraid of something new.

Nomatophobia - To be afraid of names.

Nudophobia - To be afraid of nudity.

Numerophobia - To be afraid of numbers.

Obesophobia - To be afraid of obesity.

Ochlofobi - To be afraid of crowds.

Ochophobia - To be afraid of vehicles.

Octophobia - To be afraid of the number eight.

Odontophobia - To be afraid of dental care.

Oikophobia - To be afraid of the home.

Ombrophobia - To be afraid of rain.

Onomatophobia - To be afraid of certain words.

Optophobia - To be afraid to open your eyes.

Pagophobia - To be afraid of ice or frost.

Papyrophobia - To be afraid of paper.

Paraphobia - To be afraid of sexual perversion.

Parasitophobia - To be afraid of parasites.

Peccatophobia - To be afraid of sinning.

Pediophobia - To be afraid of dolls.

Pedophobia - To be afraid of children or childhood.

Peladophobia - To be afraid of bald people.

Peniaphobia - To be afraid of poverty.

Plutophobia - To be afraid of wealth.

Pluviophobia - To be afraid of being rained on.

Poinephobia - To be afraid of punishment.

Polyphobia - To be afraid of many things.

Ponophobia - To be afraid of overwork or pain.

Potamophobia - To be afraid of running water.

Potophobia - To be afraid of drinking alcohol.

Prosophobia - To be afraid of progress.

Psellismophobia - To be afraid of stuttering.

Pyrexiophobia - To be afraid of fever.

Pyrophobia - To be afraid of fire.

Ranidaphobia - To be afraid of frogs.

Rhypophobia - To be afraid of feces.

Rhytiphobia - To be afraid of getting wrinkles.

Rupophobia - To be afraid of dirt.

Russophobia - To be afraid of Russians or things Russian.

Selachophobia - To be afraid of sharks.

Selafobi - To be afraid of light flashes.

Selenophobia - To be afraid of the moon.

Seplofobi - To be afraid of rotting matter.

Sexophobia - To be afraid of the opposite sex.

Siderophobia - To be afraid of stars.

Sinistrophobia - To be afraid of left-handedness or things to the left.

Sociophobia - To be afraid of social gatherings.

Soteriophobia - To be afraid of being dependent on others.

Staurophobia - To be afraid of crosses or crucifixes.

Stenophobia - To be afraid of cramped places.

Surifobi - To be afraid of mice.

Symbolophobia - To be afraid of symbolism.

Symmetrophobia - To be afraid of symmetry.

Synophobia - To be afraid of China or things Chinese.

Syngenesophobia - To be afraid of relatives.

Tapinophobia - To be afraid of becoming contagious.

Taurophobia - To be afraid of bulls.

Teratophobia - To be afraid of giving birth to a deformed child.

Testophobia - To be afraid to take tests.

Teutophobia - To be afraid of Germans.

Textophobia - To be afraid of fabrics or materials.

Thalassophobia - To be afraid of the sea.

Tomophobia - To be afraid of surgery.

Topophobia - To be afraid of specific places or stage fright.

Traumatophobia - To be afraid of injury.

Tremophobia - To be afraid of trembling.

Triskaidekafobi - To be afraid of the number 13.

Tropophobia - To be afraid of change.

Trypanophobia - To be afraid of injections or needles.

Urophobia - To be afraid of urine.

Vaccinophobia - To be afraid of vaccinations.

Verbophobia - To be afraid of words.

Verminophobia - To be afraid of bacteria.

Vestiphobia - To be afraid of clothes.

Virginitifobi - To be afraid of rape.

Wiccafobi - To be afraid of witchcraft.

Xenoglossophobia - To be afraid of foreign languages.

Xerophobia - To be afraid of dryness.

Xylofobi - To be afraid of wood.

Xyrophobia - To be afraid of razors.

Zelophobia - To be afraid of jealousy.

Zeusophobia - To be afraid of God or gods.

Zoophobia - To be afraid of animals.