Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An abnormal fear of lightning and thunder.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pathology, morbid dread of thunder and lightning.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
abnormal fear ofthunder and lightning .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a morbid fear of thunder and lightning
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Greek astrapē, lightning; see ster- in Indo-European roots + –phobia.]
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Having astraphobia - being afraid of thunder and lightning - can be quite scary, too.
Archive 2009-11-01 Loukia 2009
jmjarmstrong commented on the word astraphobia
JM reckons it's ominous, threatening, frightening and startling that there are 4 (FOUR!) words for it - Keraunophobia, Ceraunophobia, Astraphobia and Astrapophobia
October 31, 2009
mollusque commented on the word astraphobia
Make it five: tonitrophobia.
February 2, 2010