bathophobia
Fear of depths
Bathophobia is an irrational fear of depths—deep water, chasms, or steep drops.
The fear focuses not on water itself but on the sense of vast space below: Her bathophobia kept her from looking over the canyon rim.
Not to be confused with the fear of bathing.
Far from surface
- fathomNautical depth unit
- abyssImmeasurably profound depth
- chasmDeep, steep-sided gap
- trenchLong narrow excavation
bottomless · unfathomable · plunging · yawning · oceanic · benthic · seafloor · sonar
Persistent irrational dread
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- panicUncontrollable sudden fear
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
- terrorExtreme, overwhelming fear
apprehension · trepidation · phobic · hyperventilate · trembling · sweating · nausea · avoidance
Death by water inhalation
- submergePlunge beneath liquid
- immersionState of being submerged
- deep-seaOf ocean depths
- underwaterBelow the surface
ocean · lake · pool · scuba · snorkeling · submersion · sinking · engulf
Large natural underground chamber
- grottoSmall scenic cavern
- spelunkingExploring caves recreationally
- undergroundBelow ground or countercultural
- stalactiteHanging cave mineral deposit
stalagmite · sinkhole · crevice · tunnel · darkness · enclosed · subterranean · pothole
deep
Far from surface
trench · bottomless · unfathomable · plunging · yawning · oceanic · benthic · seafloor · sonar · pressure
height
Vertical extent upward
ravine · canyon · pit · shaft · well · elevator · stairwell · drop · fall · plunge
phobia
Persistent irrational dread
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- panicUncontrollable sudden fear
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
terror · apprehension · trepidation · phobic · hyperventilate · trembling · sweating · nausea · avoidance · trigger
drowning
Death by water inhalation
underwater · ocean · lake · pool · scuba · snorkeling · submersion · sinking · engulf · swallow
cavern
Large natural underground chamber
- grottoSmall scenic cavern
- spelunkingExploring caves recreationally
- undergroundBelow ground or countercultural
stalactite · stalagmite · sinkhole · crevice · tunnel · darkness · enclosed · subterranean · pothole · cenote
bathophobiaacrophobia
Dread of elevated positions
altophobia · fear of heights · vertigo · claustrophobia · agoraphobia
bathos, claustrophobia, agoraphobia, acrophobia, bathymetry, bathyscaphe, hydrophobia