ACROPHOBIA

acrophobia

(noun) a morbid fear of great heights

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

acrophobia (countable and uncountable, plural acrophobias)

Fear of heights.

Synonyms

• altophobia

• height-fear

Antonyms

• bathophobia

Source: Wiktionary



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