单词 | phobic |
释义 | phobic (once / 161909 pages) adj If you're so scared of germs that you aren't able to shake people's hands or touch doorknobs, you can call yourself phobic. People who are phobic have strong, irrational fears. A fear that isn't based in reality is a phobia, and someone who has this kind of fear is phobic. It's not uncommon to be phobic of heights, airplanes, snakes, or the dark. Being phobic goes beyond a dislike or mild anxiety, though — if you're truly phobic of something, you're sometimes unable to face it without trembling or feeling your heart race. The Greek root, phobos, means "fear." WORD FAMILYphobic: phobically+/phobia: phobias, phobic USAGE EXAMPLESFor example, hydrophilic and -phobic groups arrange themselves differently in polar or non-polar liquids. Nature(Dec 13, 2016) She is phobic and I don’t want to alarm her. The Guardian(Nov 17, 2016) “I obviously agree that he’s racist, he’s sexist, he’s phobic, he’s misogynistic. He’s all these things you don’t want in a leader,” she said. Washington Times(Nov 11, 2016) adj suffering from irrational fears Syn neurotic, psychoneurotic affected with emotional disorder |
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