claustrophobia
/ˌklɔːstrəˈfəʊbɪə
/noun [mass noun]
Extreme or irrational fear of confined places: the small stuffy room had begun to give him claustrophobia...
- We saw magnificent sites, endured bouts of car claustrophobia, and encountered extremes of weather.
- The high-risk hobby inherently plays to the age-old horror themes of claustrophobia and fear of the unknown.
- Word had it that he was suffering from both agoraphobia and claustrophobia and was constantly running in and out of the house.
Derivatives
claustrophobe
- The last thing you want is a hysterical claustrophobe, suffering from a panic attack!
- Aside from claustrophobes, who doesn't love a nice underground labyrinth?
- Choosing the Panoramic sunroof from the options list isn't cheap, but claustrophobes will feel it's worth every penny.
Origin
Late 19th century: modern Latin, from Latin claustrum 'lock, bolt' + -phobia.
Rhymes
- chilblained
- child
- child abuse
- child abuser
- childage
- child allowance
- childbearing
- childbed
- child benefit
- child-bereft
- child bird
- childbirth
- child-bride
- childcare
- childcarer
- child-centred
- child-crowing
- child development
- child-directed speech
- Childe
- childed
- child endowment
- childe parte
- Childermas
- Childers, Erskine