Meanings
comparative more hypnophobic · superlative most hypnophobic
- Exhibiting or relating to hypnophobia.
'I can't help it if she's hypnophobic. She's afraid to go to sleep in case she misses something.'
2012, Cathy Woodman, Family Matters1 more example
[…] dreamlike waking experiences, and other hypnogenic and hypnophobic hallucinations which occur during the process of falling asleep and waking up.
1971, Uroš Jovan Jovanović, Normal sleep in man, page 98
Origin
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hypnophobic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypnophobic
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