vegephobia

V4E1G2E1P3H4O1B3I1A1

noun

The fear or dislike of vegetables.

Scrabble 21
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounvegephobia (uncountable)
  1. informaluncountableThe fear or dislike of vegetables.

    2013, Mark Allerton, "Apart from shortness, vegephobia and addiction to technology, how are children different?", in Children's Court of NSW Resource Handbook, →ISBN, page 23 (used in title only)

    2 more examples

    We may even carry some "vegephobia" with us from childhood, remembering Mom and those lima beans.

    1997 March, Mary Carroll, “The High Five”, in Vegetarian Times, page 52

    Whether you have your own “vegephobia” to overcome or want to prepare family meals that everyone will eat, it's time to meet your vegetables all over again — and fall in love this time.

    2010, Beth Bader, Ali Benjamin, The Cleaner Plate Club: Raising Healthy Eaters One Meal at a Time, Storey Publishing, →ISBN, page 59

Origin

vegetable + -phobia

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

Source: vegephobia on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.