Meanings
- uncommonuncountableA fear of or aversion to sourness or sour things.
I am in hell and I have acerophobia so I developed Stockholm Syndrome
2025 September 21, elparachute59, r/lemondemon, Reddit, archived from the original on 16 Jan 20262 more examples
This weekend is Halloween. Halloween means Holy evening, the day before all Saints day. Whatever the background and thoughts on its place in modern society, it is and always has been a day that people focus on all that is scary. Did you know that there are hundreds of things to be afraid of? For example, some people have what is called Acerophobia, which is the fear of foods being sour. – slice of lemon, anyone?
2016 October 29, “Fear or Love - you choose.”, in The Vine Community Church, archived from the original on 20 Apr 2024Acerophobia patients are usually unable to think coherently about their fear for sour foods, and most times, their reason for resisting this food lack logical meaning to them. […] These two play a considerable role in almost all kinds of phobias, and acerophobia is one of them.
2024 March 8, Emmanuella Oluwafemi, “Acerophobia: The Fear of Sourness”, in Home Quirer, archived from the original on 20 Apr 2024
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱrós
- Proto-Italic*akris
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Proto-Italic*akriðos
- Latinacerbus
- Englishacerophobia
From Latin acerbus (“sour”) + English -o- + -phobia.
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acerophobia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acerophobia
“acerophobia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acerophobia. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “acerophobia,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acerophobia.
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