phonophobia

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noun

An unusual fear of sound, especially of speaking aloud or of one's own voice.

Scrabble 23

Meanings

nounphonophobia (usually uncountable, plural phonophobias)

plural phonophobias

  1. uncountableusuallyAn unusual fear of sound, especially of speaking aloud or of one's own voice.
    1 more example

    2003 Buck Wolf Wolf Files: Celebrity Phobias ABC News The 50-year-old Gest claims he's in constant pain from beatings during the 15-month marriage. The show business producer claims to be taking 11 different medications a day, some more than once, for headaches, nausea, hypertension, scalp tenderness, insomnia — and phonophobia. Phonophobia? Minnelli might assume that must be Gest's fear of being phony. After all, she denies all the allegations of violence. However, phonophobia is the fear of using a telephone and, especially, the fear of the sound of your own voice.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna morbid fear of sounds including your own voice

Broader
simple phobia

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

French phonophobie
  • phonophobiefear of sounds
Italian fonofobia
  • fonofobiafear of sounds
Cite this entry
APA

phonophobia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phonophobia

MLA

“phonophobia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phonophobia. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “phonophobia,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phonophobia.

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