The Little List of Phobias

Because everyone is scared of something…

AblutophobiaFear of washing or bathing
AcarophobiaFear of itching or of the insects that cause itching
AcerophobiaFear of sourness
AchluophobiaFear of darkness
AcousticophobiaFear of noise
AcrophobiaFear of heights
AerophobiaFear of drafts, air swallowing, or airborne noxious substances
AeroacrophobiaFear of open high places
AeronausiphobiaFear of vomiting secondary to airsickness
AgateophobiaFear of insanity
AgliophobiaFear of pain
Agoraphobia1) Fear of open spaces or of being in crowded, public places like markets
2) Fear of leaving a safe place
AgraphobiaFear of sexual abuse
AgrizoophobiaFear of wild animals
AgyrophobiaFear of streets or crossing the street
AichmophobiaFear of needles or pointed objects
AilurophobiaFear of cats
AlbuminurophobiaFear of kidney disease
AlektorophobiaFear of chickens
AlgophobiaFear of pain
AlliumphobiaFear of garlic
AllodoxaphobiaFear of opinions
AltophobiaFear of heights
AmathophobiaFear of dust
AmaxophobiaFear of riding in a car
AmbulophobiaFear of walking
AmnesiphobiaFear of amnesia
AmychophobiaFear of scratches or being scratched
AnablephobiaFear of looking up
AncraophobiaFear of wind (also Anemophobia)
AndrophobiaFear of men
AnemophobiaFear of air drafts or wind (also Ancraophobia)
AnginophobiaFear of angina, choking or narrowness
AnglophobiaFear of England or English culture, etc
AngrophobiaFear of anger or of becoming angry
AnkylophobiaFear of immobility of a joint
Anthrophobia
Anthophobia
Fear of flowers
AnthropophobiaFear of people or society
AntlophobiaFear of floods
AnuptaphobiaFear of staying single
ApeirophobiaFear of infinity
AphenphosmphobiaFear of being touched (also Haphephobia)
ApiphobiaFear of bees
ApotemnophobiaFear of persons with amputations
ArachibutyrophobiaFear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth
Arachnephobia
Arachnophobia
Fear of spiders
ArithmophobiaFear of numbers
ArrhenphobiaFear of men
ArsonphobiaFear of fire
AsthenophobiaFear of fainting or weakness
Astraphobia
Astrapophobia
Fear of thunder and lightning (also Ceraunophobia, Keraunophobia)
AstrophobiaFear of stars or celestial space
AsymmetriphobiaFear of asymmetrical things
AtaxiophobiaFear of ataxia (muscular incoordination)
AtaxophobiaFear of disorder or untidiness
AtelophobiaFear of imperfection
AtephobiaFear of ruin or ruins
AthazagoraphobiaFear of being forgotten or ignored or forgetting
AtomosophobiaFear of atomic explosions
AtychiphobiaFear of failure
AulophobiaFear of flutes
AurophobiaFear of gold
AuroraphobiaFear of Northern lights
AutodysomophobiaFear of one that has a vile odor
AutomatonophobiaFear of ventriloquist’s dummies, animatronic creatures, wax statues, or anything that falsely represents a sentient being
AutomysophobiaFear of being dirty
AutophobiaFear of being alone or of oneself
Aviophobia
Aviatophobia
Fear of flying
BacillophobiaFear of microbes
BacteriophobiaFear of bacteria
BallistophobiaFear of missiles or bullets
BolshephobiaFear of Bolsheviks
BarophobiaFear of gravity
Basophobia
Basiphobia
 Inability to stand Fear of walking or falling
BathmophobiaFear of stairs or steep slopes
BathophobiaFear of depth
BatophobiaFear of heights or being close to high buildings
BatrachophobiaFear of amphibians, such as frogs, newts, salamanders, etc.
BelonephobiaFear of pins and needles (also Aichmophobia)
BibliophobiaFear of books
BlennophobiaFear of slime
BogyphobiaFear of bogeys or the bogeyman
BotanophobiaFear of plants
Bromidrosiphobia
Bromidrophobia
Fear of body smells
BrontophobiaFear of thunder and lightning
BufonophobiaFear of toads
CacophobiaFear of ugliness
Cainophobia
Cainotophobia
Fear of newness, novelty
CaligynephobiaFear of beautiful women
Cancerophobia
Carcinophobia
Fear of cancer
CardiophobiaFear of the heart
CarnophobiaFear of meat
CatagelophobiaFear of being ridiculed
CatapedaphobiaFear of jumping from high and low places
CathisophobiaFear of sitting
CatoptrophobiaFear of mirrors
Cenophobia
Centophobia
Fear of new things or ideas
Ceraunophobia
Keraunophobia
Fear of thunder and lightning (also Astraphobia, Astrapophobia)
ChaetophobiaFear of hair
Cheimaphobia
Cheimatophobia
Fear of cold (also Frigophobia, Psychophobia)
ChemophobiaFear of chemicals or working with chemicals
CherophobiaFear of gaiety
ChionophobiaFear of snow
ChiraptophobiaFear of being touched
ChirophobiaFear of hands
ChiroptophobiaFear of bats
CholerophobiaFear of anger or the fear of cholera
ChorophobiaFear of dancing
Chrometophobia
Chrematophobia
Fear of money
Chromophobia
Chromatophobia
Fear of colors
ChronophobiaFear of time
ChronomentrophobiaFear of clocks
CibophobiaFear of food (also Sitophobia, Sitiophobia)
ClaustrophobiaFear of confined spaces
Cleithrophobia
Cleisiophobia
Fear of being locked in an enclosed place
CleptophobiaFear of stealing
ClimacophobiaFear of stairs, climbing, or of falling down stairs
ClinophobiaFear of going to bed
Clithrophobia
Cleithrophobia
Fear of being enclosed
CnidophobiaFear of stings
CometophobiaFear of comets
CoimetrophobiaFear of cemeteries
CoitophobiaFear of coitus
ContreltophobiaFear of sexual abuse
CoprastasophobiaFear of constipation
CoprophobiaFear of feces
ConsecotaleophobiaFear of chopsticks
CoulrophobiaFear of clowns
CounterphobiaThe preference by a phobic for fearful situations
CremnophobiaFear of precipices
CryophobiaFear of extreme cold, ice, or frost
CrystallophobiaFear of crystals or glass
CyberphobiaFear of computers or working on a computer
CyclophobiaFear of bicycles
Cymophobia
Kymophobia
Fear of waves or wave-like motions
CynophobiaFear of dogs or rabies
Cypridophobia
Cypriphobia
Cyprianophobia
Cyprinophobia
Fear of prostitutes or venereal disease
DecidophobiaFear of making decisions
DefecaloesiophobiaFear of painful bowels movements
DeipnophobiaFear of dining or dinner conversations
DementophobiaFear of insanity
Demonophobia
Daemonophobia
Fear of demons
DemophobiaFear of crowds (also Agoraphobia)
DendrophobiaFear of trees
DentophobiaFear of dentists
DermatophobiaFear of skin lesions
Dermatosiophobia
Dermatophobia
Dermatopathophobia
Fear of skin disease
DextrophobiaFear of objects at the right side of the body
DiabetophobiaFear of diabetes
DidaskaleinophobiaFear of going to school
DikephobiaFear of justice
DinophobiaFear of dizziness or whirlpools
DiplophobiaFear of double vision
DipsophobiaFear of drinking
DishabiliophobiaFear of undressing in front of someone
DisposophobiaFear of throwing stuff out, Hoarding
DomatophobiaFear of houses or being in a house (also Eicophobia, Oikophobia)
DoraphobiaFear of fur or skins of animals
DoxophobiaFear of expressing opinions or of receiving praise
DromophobiaFear of crossing streets
DutchphobiaFear of the Dutch
DysmorphophobiaFear of deformity
DystychiphobiaFear of accidents
EcclesiophobiaFear of church
EcophobiaFear of home
EicophobiaFear of home surroundings (also Domatophobia, Oikophobia)
EisoptrophobiaFear of mirrors or of seeing oneself in a mirror
ElectrophobiaFear of electricity
EleutherophobiaFear of freedom
ElurophobiaFear of cats (also Ailurophobia)
EmetophobiaFear of vomiting
EnetophobiaFear of pins
EnochlophobiaFear of crowds
Enosiophobia
Enissophobia
1) Fear of having committed an unpardonable sin
2) Fear of having committed a criticism
EntomophobiaFear of insects
EosophobiaFear of dawn or daylight
EphebiphobiaFear of teenagers
EpistaxiophobiaFear of nosebleeds
EpistemophobiaFear of knowledge
EquinophobiaFear of horses
EremophobiaFear of being oneself or of loneliness
EreuthrophobiaFear of blushing
Ergasiophobia1) Fear of work or functioning
2) Surgeon’s fear of operating
ErgophobiaFear of work
ErotophobiaFear of sexual love or sexual questions
EuphobiaFear of hearing good news
EurotophobiaFear of female genitalia
Erythrophobia
Erytophobia
Ereuthophobia
1) Fear of red lights
2) Blushing
3) Red
Febriphobia
Fibriphobia
Fibriophobia
Fear of fever
FelinophobiaFear of cats (also Ailurophobia, Elurophobia, Galeophobia, Gatophobia)
FrancophobiaFear of France or French culture (also Gallophobia, Galiophobia)
FrigophobiaFear of cold or cold things (also Cheimaphobia, Cheimatophobia, Psychrophobia)
Galeophobia
Gatophobia
Fear of cats
Gallophobia
Galiophobia
Fear France or French culture (also Francophobia)
GamophobiaFear of marriage
GeliophobiaFear of laughter
GelotophobiaFear of being laughed at
GeniophobiaFear of chins
GenophobiaFear of sex
GenuphobiaFear of knees
Gephyrophobia
Gephydrophobia
Gephysrophobia
Fear of crossing bridges
GermanophobiaFear of Germany or German culture
GerascophobiaFear of growing old
GerontophobiaFear of old people or of growing old
Geumaphobia
Geumophobia
Fear of taste
GlossophobiaFear of speaking in public or of trying to speak
GnosiophobiaFear of knowledge
GraphophobiaFear of writing or handwriting
GymnophobiaFear of nudity
Gynephobia
Gynophobia
Fear of women
HadephobiaFear of hell
HagiophobiaFear of saints or holy things
HamartophobiaFear of sinning
Haphephobia
Haptephobia
Fear of being touched
HarpaxophobiaFear of being robbed
HedonophobiaFear of feeling pleasure
HeliophobiaFear of the sun
HellenologophobiaFear of Greek terms or complex scientific terminology
HelminthophobiaFear of being infested with worms
Hemophobia
Hemaphobia
Hematophobia
Fear of blood
Heresyphobia
Hereiophobia
Fear of challenges to official doctrine or of radical deviation
HerpetophobiaFear of reptiles or creepy, crawly things
HeterophobiaFear of the opposite sex (also Sexophobia)
HexakosioihexekontahexaphobiaFear of the number 666
HierophobiaFear of priests or sacred things
HippophobiaFear of horses
HippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobiaFear of long words
HobophobiaFear of bums or beggars
HodophobiaFear of road travel
HormephobiaFear of shock
HomichlophobiaFear of fog
HomilophobiaFear of sermons
HominophobiaFear of men
Homophobia1) Fear of sameness, monotony
2) Fear of homosexuality or of becoming homosexual
HoplophobiaFear of firearms
HydrargyophobiaFear of mercurial medicines
HydrophobiaFear of water or of rabies
HydrophobophobiaFear of rabies
Hyelophobia
Hyalophobia
Fear of glass
HygrophobiaFear of liquids, dampness, or moisture
HylephobiaFear of materialism or the Fear of epilepsy
HylophobiaFear of forests
Hypengyophobia
Hypegiaphobia
Fear of responsibility
HypnophobiaFear of sleep or of being hypnotized
HypsiphobiaFear of height
IatrophobiaFear of going to the doctor or of doctors
IchthyophobiaFear of fish
IdeophobiaFear of ideas
IllyngophobiaFear of vertigo or feeling dizzy when looking down
IophobiaFear of poison
InsectophobiaFear of insects
IsolophobiaFear of solitude, being alone
IsopterophobiaFear of termites, insects that eat wood
IthyphallophobiaFear of seeing, thinking about or having an erect penis
JapanophobiaFear of Japanese
JudeophobiaFear of Jews
Kainolophobia
Kainophobia
Fear of anything new, novelty
KakorrhaphiophobiaFear of failure or defeat
KatagelophobiaFear of ridicule
KathisophobiaFear of sitting down
KatsaridaphobiaFear of cockroaches
KenophobiaFear of voids or empty spaces
Keraunophobia
Ceraunophobia
Fear of thunder and lightning (also Astraphobia, Astrapophobia)
Kinetophobia
Kinesophobia
Fear of movement or motion
KleptophobiaFear of stealing
KoinoniphobiaFear of rooms
KolpophobiaFear of genitals, particularly female
KopophobiaFear of fatigue
KoniophobiaFear of dust (also Amathophobia)
KosmikophobiaFear of cosmic phenomenon
KymophobiaFear of waves (also Cymophobia)
KynophobiaFear of rabies
KyphophobiaFear of stooping
LachanophobiaFear of vegetables
Laliophobia
Lalophobia
Fear of speaking
Leprophobia
Lepraphobia
Fear of leprosy
LeukophobiaFear of the color white
LevophobiaFear of things to the left side of the body
LigyrophobiaFear of loud noises
LilapsophobiaFear of tornadoes and hurricanes
LimnophobiaFear of lakes
LinonophobiaFear of string
LiticaphobiaFear of lawsuits
LockiophobiaFear of childbirth
LogizomechanophobiaFear of computers
LogophobiaFear of words
LuiphobiaFear of lues, syphilis
LutraphobiaFear of otters
LygophobiaFear of darkness
LyssophobiaFear of rabies or of becoming mad
MacrophobiaFear of long waits
MageirocophobiaFear of cooking
MaieusiophobiaFear of childbirth
MalaxophobiaFear of love play (also Sarmassophobia)
ManiaphobiaFear of insanity
MastigophobiaFear of punishment
MechanophobiaFear of machines
MedomalacuphobiaFear of losing an erection
MedorthophobiaFear of an erect penis
MegalophobiaFear of large things
MelissophobiaFear of bees
MelanophobiaFear of the color black
MelophobiaFear or hatred of music
MeningitophobiaFear of brain disease
MenophobiaFear of menstruation
MerinthophobiaFear of being bound or tied up
MetallophobiaFear of metal
MetathesiophobiaFear of changes
MeteorophobiaFear of meteors
MethyphobiaFear of alcohol
MetrophobiaFear or hatred of poetry
MicrobiophobiaFear of microbes (also Bacillophobia)
MicrophobiaFear of small things
Misophobia
Mysophobia
Fear of being contaminated with dirt or germs
MnemophobiaFear of memories
Molysmophobia
Molysomophobia
Fear of dirt or contamination
MonophobiaFear of solitude or being alone
MonopathophobiaFear of definite disease
MotorphobiaFear of automobiles
MottephobiaFear of moths
Musophobia
Muriphobia
Fear of mice
MycophobiaFear or aversion to mushrooms
MycrophobiaFear of small things
MyctophobiaFear of darkness
MyrmecophobiaFear of ants
MythophobiaFear of myths or stories or false statements
MyxophobiaFear of slime (also Blennophobia)
NebulaphobiaFear of fog (also Homichlophobia)
NecrophobiaFear of death or dead things
NelophobiaFear of glass
NeopharmaphobiaFear of new drugs
NeophobiaFear of anything new
NephophobiaFear of clouds
NoctiphobiaFear of the night
NomatophobiaFear of names
NosocomephobiaFear of hospitals
Nosophobia
Nosemaphobia
Fear of becoming ill
NostophobiaFear of returning home
NovercaphobiaFear of your step-mother
NucleomituphobiaFear of nuclear weapons
NudophobiaFear of nudity
NumerophobiaFear of numbers
NyctohylophobiaFear of dark wooded areas or of forests at night
NyctophobiaFear of the dark or of night
ObesophobiaFear of gaining weight (also Pocrescophobia)
OchlophobiaFear of crowds or mobs
OchophobiaFear of vehicles
OctophobiaFear of the figure 8
OdontophobiaFear of teeth or dental surgery
Odynophobia
Odynephobia
Fear of pain (also Algophobia)
OenophobiaFear of wines
OikophobiaFear of home surroundings, house (also Domatophobia, Eicophobia)
OlfactophobiaFear of smells
OmbrophobiaFear of rain or of being rained on
Ommetaphobi
Ommatophobia
Fear of eyes
OmphalophobiaFear of belly buttons
OneirophobiaFear of dreams
OneirogmophobiaFear of wet dreams
OnomatophobiaFear of hearing a certain word or of names
OphidiophobiaFear of snakes (also Snakephobia)
OphthalmophobiaFear of being stared at
OpiophobiaFear medical doctors experience of prescribing needed pain medications for patients
OptophobiaFear of opening one’s eyes
OrnithophobiaFear of birds
OrthophobiaFear of property
Osmophobia
Osphresiophobia
Fear of smells or odors
OstraconophobiaFear of shellfish
Ouranophobia
Uranophobia
Fear of heaven
PagophobiaFear of ice or frost
PanthophobiaFear of suffering and disease
Panophobia
Pantophobia
Fear of everything
PapaphobiaFear of the Pope
PapyrophobiaFear of paper
ParalipophobiaFear of neglecting duty or responsibility
ParaphobiaFear of sexual perversion
ParasitophobiaFear of parasites
ParaskavedekatriaphobiaFear of Friday the 13th
ParthenophobiaFear of virgins or young girls
PathophobiaFear of disease
PatroiophobiaFear of heredity
ParturiphobiaFear of childbirth
PeccatophobiaFear of sinning or imaginary crimes
PediculophobiaFear of lice
PediophobiaFear of dolls
PedophobiaFear of children
PeladophobiaFear of bald people
PellagrophobiaFear of pellagra
PeniaphobiaFear of poverty
PentheraphobiaFear of mother-in-law (also Novercaphobia)
Phagophobia1) Fear of swallowing
2) Fear of eating
3) Fear of being eaten
PhalacrophobiaFear of becoming bald
PhallophobiaFear of a penis, especially erect
PharmacophobiaFear of taking medicine
PhasmophobiaFear of ghosts
PhengophobiaFear of daylight or sunshine
Philemaphobia
Philematophobia
Fear of kissing
PhilophobiaFear of falling in love or being in love
PhilosophobiaFear of philosophy
PhobophobiaFear of phobias
PhotoaugliaphobiaFear of glaring lights
PhotophobiaFear of light
Phonophobia1) Fear of noises or voices or one’s own voice
2) Fear of telephones
PhronemophobiaFear of thinking
PhthiriophobiaFear of lice (also Pediculophobia)
PhthisiophobiaFear of tuberculosis
PlacophobiaFear of tombstones
PlutophobiaFear of wealth
PluviophobiaFear of rain or of being rained on
PneumatiphobiaFear of spirits
Pnigophobia
Pnigerophobia
Fear of choking of being smothered
PocrescophobiaFear of gaining weight (also Obesophobia)
PogonophobiaFear of beards
PoliosophobiaFear of contracting poliomyelitis
PoliticophobiaFear or abnormal dislike of politicians
PolyphobiaFear of many things
PoinephobiaFear of punishment
PonophobiaFear of overworking or of pain
PorphyrophobiaFear of the color purple
PotamophobiaFear of rivers or running water
PotophobiaFear of alcohol
PharmacophobiaFear of drugs
ProctophobiaFear of rectums
ProsophobiaFear of progress
PsellismophobiaFear of stuttering
PsychophobiaFear of mind
PsychrophobiaFear of cold
PteromerhanophobiaFear of flying
PteronophobiaFear of being tickled by feathers
PupaphobiaFear of puppets
PyrexiophobiaFear of Fever
PyrophobiaFear of fire
RadiophobiaFear of radiation, x- rays
RanidaphobiaFear of frogs
RectophobiaFear of rectum or rectal diseases
Rhabdophobia1) Fear of being severely punished or beaten by a rod
2) Fear of being severely criticized
3) Fear of magic or a magic wand
RhypophobiaFear of defecation
RhytiphobiaFear of getting wrinkles
RupophobiaFear of dirt
RussophobiaFear of Russians
SamhainophobiaFear of Halloween
SarmassophobiaFear of love play (also Malaxophobia)
SatanophobiaFear of Satan
ScabiophobiaFear of scabies
ScatophobiaFear of fecal matter
ScelerophibiaFear of bad men, burglars
Sciophobia
Sciaphobia
Fear of shadows
ScoleciphobiaFear of worms
ScolionophobiaFear of school
Scopophobia
Scoptophobia
Fear of being seen or stared at
ScotomaphobiaFear of blindness in visual field
ScotophobiaFear of darkness (also Achluophobia)
ScriptophobiaFear of writing in public
SelachophobiaFear of sharks
SelaphobiaFear of light flashes
SelenophobiaFear of the moon
SeplophobiaFear of decaying matter
SesquipedalophobiaFear of long words
SexophobiaFear of the opposite sex (also Heterophobia)
SiderodromophobiaFear of trains, railroads or train travel
SiderophobiaFear of stars
SinistrophobiaFear of things to the left or left-handed
SinophobiaFear of Chinese, Chinese culture
Sitophobia
Sitiophobia
Fear of food or eating (also Cibophobia)
SnakephobiaFear of snakes (also Ophidiophobia)
SoceraphobiaFear of parents-in-law
Social PhobiaFear of being evaluated negatively in social situations
SociophobiaFear of society or people in general
SomniphobiaFear of sleep
SophophobiaFear of learning
SoteriophobiaFear of dependence on others
SpacephobiaFear of outer space
SpectrophobiaFear of specters or ghosts
Spermatophobia
Spermophobia
Fear of germs
SpheksophobiaFear of wasps
Stasibasiphobia
Stasiphobia
Fear of standing or walking (also Ambulophobia)
StaurophobiaFear of crosses or the crucifix
StenophobiaFear of narrow things or places
Stygiophobia
Stigiophobia
Fear of hell
SuriphobiaFear of mice
SymbolophobiaFear of symbolism
SymmetrophobiaFear of symmetry
SyngenesophobiaFear of relatives
SyphilophobiaFear of syphilis
TachophobiaFear of speed
Taeniophobia
Teniophobia
Fear of tapeworms
Taphephobia
Taphophobia
1) Fear of being buried alive
2) Fear of cemeteries
TapinophobiaFear of being contagious
TaurophobiaFear of bulls
TechnophobiaFear of technology
Teleophobia1) Fear of definite plans
2) Fear of religious ceremony
TelephonophobiaFear of telephones
Teratophobia1) Fear of bearing a deformed child
2) Fear of monsters or deformed people
TestophobiaFear of taking tests
TetanophobiaFear of lockjaw, tetanus
TeutophobiaFear of German or German things
TextophobiaFear of certain fabrics
ThaasophobiaFear of sitting
ThalassophobiaFear of the sea
Thanatophobia
Thantophobia
Fear of death or dying
TheatrophobiaFear of theatres
TheologicophobiaFear of theology
TheophobiaFear of gods or religion
ThermophobiaFear of heat
TocophobiaFear of pregnancy or childbirth
TomophobiaFear of surgical operations
TonitrophobiaFear of thunder
TopophobiaFear of certain places or situations, such as stage fright
Toxiphobia
Toxophobia
Toxicophobia
Fear of poison or of being accidently poisoned
TraumatophobiaFear of injury
TremophobiaFear of trembling
TrichinophobiaFear of trichinosis
Trichopathophobia
Trichophobia
Fear of hair (also Chaetophobia, Hypertrichophobia)
TriskaidekaphobiaFear of the number 13
TropophobiaFear of moving or making changes
TrypanophobiaFear of injections
TuberculophobiaFear of tuberculosis
TyrannophobiaFear of tyrants
Uranophobia
Ouranophobia
Fear of heaven
UrophobiaFear of urine or urinating
VaccinophobiaFear of vaccination
VenustraphobiaFear of beautiful women
VerbophobiaFear of words
VerminophobiaFear of germs
VestiphobiaFear of clothing
VirginitiphobiaFear of rape
VitricophobiaFear of step-father
WalloonphobiaFear of the Walloons
WiccaphobiaFear of witches and witchcraft
XanthophobiaFear of the color yellow or the word yellow
XenoglossophobiaFear of foreign languages
XenophobiaFear of strangers or foreigners
XerophobiaFear of dryness
Xylophobia1) Fear of wooden objects
2) Fear of forests
XyrophobiaFear of razors
ZelophobiaFear of jealousy
ZeusophobiaFear of God or gods
ZemmiphobiaFear of the great mole rat
ZoophobiaFear of animals