Meanings
plural trypophobes
- A person who suffers from trypophobia.
By chance, a trypophobe came to visit Cole in his office.
2013 September 6, Kate Allen, “Do you have a fear of holes? It could be survival instinct, says new study”, in The Star3 more examples
Thus we skip from a scene of Pivonka plucking a chicken (the close-up of its pocked flesh and the popping sound of its feathers being dislodged are a trypophobe's nightmare) to a scene of Wetlinski observing workers restuccoing.
2017, Keith Leslie Johnson, Jan Svankmajer, →ISBNI fall backwards, hit the ground ass-first, scrabble across the cobblestones as Jack, Jack the Ripper, Jack the First, Jack the Trypophobe's Best Nightmare, advances.
2017, Cassandra Khaw, Food of the Gods, →ISBNThe primitive discomfort towards holes is heightened through various experiences such as bitten by a snake or a hornet and this lead to adults reporting of being a trypophobe [8].
2017, I, Aminuddin & H.A. Lotfi, “Understanding trypophobia: the fear of holes”, in Malaysian Journal of Psychiatry, volume 25, number 2
Translations
Portuguese tripofóbico, tripofóbica
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Cite this entry
trypophobe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trypophobe
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