phobic
Morbidly dreading something
Phobic describes an intense, irrational fear of something: She's phobic about spiders.
As a suffix, -phobic forms adjectives for specific fears—claustrophobic, arachnophobic, hydrophobic.
The suffix also indicates aversion or hostility: homophobic, xenophobic.
A phobic is someone who has such a fear: He's a total phobic when it comes to flying.
Intolerance toward differing views
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- xenophobiaHatred of outsiders
- homophobiaPrejudice against same-sex attraction
transphobia · Islamophobia · technophobia · hatred · bias · narrow-mindedness · exclusion · stereotyping
Intense physical aversion
- revulsionIntense physical disgust
- loathingIntense, settled disgust
- aversionIntense dislike or repugnance
- distasteMild aversion or dislike
repugnance · squeamishness · nausea · abhorrence · detestation · antipathy · horror · contempt
Uncontrollable sudden fear
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
- nervousnessState of anxious unease
- tremblingInvoluntary shaking motion
- sweatingMoisture through pores
unease · tension · worry · apprehension · agitation · hyperventilation · distress · fight-or-flight
Web-spinning eight-legged creatures
- heightsVertical measurements or summits
- snakesElongated limbless reptiles
- needlesSlender pointed instruments
- flyingMoving through air
crowds · darkness · water · blood · dogs · germs · bridges · elevators
Act of escaping detection
- escapeFlight from captivity
- shunDeliberately keep away
- sidestepEvade by moving aside
- circumventAvoid by going around
withdraw · recoil · retreat · avert · ritual · checking · flee · dodge
Not guided by reason
- illogicalContrary to valid reasoning
- unfoundedWithout factual support
- baselessLacking factual support
- groundlessLacking factual support
disproportionate · exaggerated · overreaction · uncontrollable · persistent · overwhelming · intrusive · automatic
bigotry
Intolerance toward differing views
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- xenophobiaHatred of outsiders
homophobia · transphobia · Islamophobia · technophobia · hatred · bias · narrow-mindedness · exclusion · stereotyping · fearmongering
disgust
Intense physical aversion
- revulsionIntense physical disgust
- loathingIntense, settled disgust
- aversionIntense dislike or repugnance
distaste · repugnance · squeamishness · nausea · abhorrence · detestation · antipathy · horror · contempt · shudder
panic
Uncontrollable sudden fear
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
- nervousnessState of anxious unease
- tremblingInvoluntary shaking motion
sweating · unease · tension · worry · apprehension · agitation · hyperventilation · distress · fight-or-flight · paralysis
spiders
Web-spinning eight-legged creatures
- heightsVertical measurements or summits
- snakesElongated limbless reptiles
- needlesSlender pointed instruments
flying · crowds · darkness · water · blood · dogs · germs · bridges · elevators · storms
evasion
Act of escaping detection
circumvent · withdraw · recoil · retreat · avert · ritual · checking · flee · dodge · elude
unreasonable
Not guided by reason
groundless · disproportionate · exaggerated · overreaction · uncontrollable · persistent · overwhelming · intrusive · automatic · involuntary
- behaviorshabit, aggressive, agitation, conduct, passive
- mental statesknowledge, conscious, mood, anxious, memory
- mindsetsgrowth mindset, fixed mindset, mindset, abundance mindset, scarcity mindset
- uneasyanxious, nervous, jittery, edgy, tense
- personality typespersonality type, extrovert, MBTI, introversion, pessimist
- worriersworrier, fretter, overthinker, worrywart, worry wart
phobicfearless
Lacking any apprehension
unafraid · brave · courageous · attracted · drawn to
phobicrational
Governed by logic
sane · level-headed · reasonable · well-adjusted · balanced
- social phobiaFear of being watched
- animal phobiaFear of creatures
- needle phobiaIrrational syringe terror
- germ phobiaFear of microorganisms
- water phobia
- school phobiaFear of attending classes
phobia, xenophobic, claustrophobic, homophobic, hydrophobic, agoraphobic, phobics, acrophobic, technophobic