nephophobia

[ nef-uh-foh-bee-uh, nef-oh- ]

noun

, Psychiatry.

1. an irrational or disproportionate fear of clouds or cloudy weather, often associated with homichlophobia.

Other Words From

• neph·o·pho·bic adjective noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of nephophobia¹

First recorded in 1965–70; nepho- ( def ) + -phobia ( def )

Example Sentences

Well there are the usual things that boil the blood, xenophobia, homophobia, athazagoraphobia, nephophobia not to mention the lack of recognition for Ras Kass and his mic skills. But what really pushes the fluid that circulates in the principal vascular system of human beings and other vertebrates is pedestrians to the hottest point is pedestrians.

From The Guardian

Well there are the usual things that boil the blood, xenophobia, homophobia, athazagoraphobia, nephophobia not to mention the lack of recognition for Ras Kass and his mic skills. But what really pushes the fluid that circulates in the principal vascular system of human beings and other vertebrates is pedestrians to the hottest point is pedestrians.

From The Guardian

There's nephophobia, or fear of clouds, and coulrophobia, the fear of clowns.

From Time Magazine Archive