Meanings
- uncountableA fear of clothing.
This is vestiphobia, the fear of clothing. Ties and bowties can cause vestiphobia in some people.
2020, John Wood, The Hideous House Exhibit, page 262 more examples
Vestiphobia is the fear of clothing. This is a strange one; it is hard to imagine how a sufferer of vestiphobia can actually get on with their normal day-to-day lives.
2019, Graham Ramsden, The Teenager in the Greenhouse'Fear of cycling... shorts.' Ha, knew I wasn't the only one who had ever googled such a thing. Okay, so it doesn't say there is a common fear of cycling shorts, as such, but there is vestiphobia, which is a fear of clothing.
2021, Helga Jensen, Twice in a Lifetime
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vestiphobia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vestiphobia
“vestiphobia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vestiphobia. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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