Entomophobe

Quick meaning: Entomophobe is a noun meaning A person who fears or dislikes insects.

Meaning

A person who fears or dislikes insects.

Example Sentences

Salvador Dali is one of the best examples of an entomophobe. He used ants, grasshoppers and flies in his paintings based on his personal experiences.

Violet, 14, was concerned about causing pain to notorious entomophobe villager Blathers: “I never have him talk about the bugs because I know he hates bugs.”

We're not like the entomophiles who harbor spiders as housemates or derive sexual satisfaction from the tickling of ants. And we're certainly not crazy entomophobes who run panic-stricken into the streets upon encountering a cockroach […]

Clinical treatment is over 90% effective but only about 12% of entomophobes actively seeks help. […] The typical response of an entomophobe to either proximate or ultimate fears is to fight, flee, freeze, or foster (look after another with them, for example a parent for a child).

Word Forms

• entomophobes

Synonyms for entomophobe

Depending on context, synonyms include insectophobe.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include insectophobe, arachnophobe, ophidiophobe, phobe, arachnophobiac, aerophobe.

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