Acrophobe
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈækɹəˌfoʊb/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Acrophobe is a noun meaning A person who suffers from acrophobia, a fear of heights.
Meaning
A person who suffers from acrophobia, a fear of heights.
Example Sentences
Mia and Sebastian take a romantic stroll on an elegant, curvy concrete bridge that love-struck acrophobes wouldn’t be caught dead on.
Paradoxes abounded in Mr. Tishman’s life. A self-described acrophobe who shied away from the precipices of the skyscrapers he was constructing, he loved piloting his own airplanes.
Pass the chalk. Dr. Levine was there with a friend and fellow psychiatrist (detect a pattern?), Alexa Albert, Coco’s mother, who squinted up into the sun as her daughter effortlessly sailed skyward. Dr. Albert is an acrophobe.
Word Forms
- acrophobes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include acrophobic, aerophobia, agoraphobe, aquaphobe, achluophobic, hypsophobia.
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