emetophobia

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/ɪˌmɛt.əˈfəʊ.bi.ə/

noun

An inordinate fear of vomit or vomiting, especially in public.

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Meanings

nounemetophobia (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAn inordinate fear of vomit or vomiting, especially in public.

    Ignorant about vomiting before the incident, I was now terrified of it. I self-diagnosed myself with emetophobia – fear of vomiting.

    2011 July 15, Dakshana Bascaramurty, “I had never vomited. Ever.”, in The Globe and Mail
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    Faryl Zaklin, 38, of San Diego, California, is still overcoming a lifelong phobia that has given her numerous panic attacks; part of her recovery involved watching episodes of "Jackass" and "Family Guy." She has emetophobia: fear of vomit.

    2010 June 15, Elizabeth Landau, “Who's afraid of snakes, spiders, vomit?”, in CNN

    Not many people have heard of the condition emetophobia but I’ve lived with it for over 30 years and it was a worry when I was pregnant with my son, Hunter, last year.

    2012 November 6, Sarah Cawood, Nilufer Atik, “Sarah Cawood: Having a baby helped me get over sick phobia”, in Daily Mirror

Origin

From emeto- + -phobia.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 呕吐恐惧症
  • 呕吐恐惧症 (ǒutǔ kǒngjùzhèng)fear of vomiting
Estonian emetofoobia
  • emetofoobiafear of vomiting
Finnish emetofobia
  • emetofobiafear of vomiting
French émétophobie
  • émétophobiefear of vomiting
Japanese 嘔吐恐怖症
  • 嘔吐恐怖症 (ōto kyōfushō)fear of vomiting
Korean 구토공포증
  • 구토공포증 (gutogongpojeung)fear of vomiting
Portuguese emetofobia
  • emetofobiafear of vomiting
Russian эметофобия
  • эметофобия (emetofobija)fear of vomiting
Turkish emetofobi
  • emetofobifear of vomiting

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with emetophobia

phobiahomophobiaxenophobiaagoraphobiaclaustrophobiaaphobiaZenobiaphotophobiaarachnophobiaacrophobiahydrophobiaablutophobiaacephobiaacousticophobiaadverbophobiaaerophobiaagraphobiaaibohphobiaaichmophobiaalgophobiaaltophobiaamathophobiaamaxophobiaambulophobia
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Cite this entry
APA

emetophobia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emetophobia

MLA

“emetophobia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emetophobia. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “emetophobia,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emetophobia.

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