phobic

[ foh-bik ]
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adjective
  1. of or relating to a phobia or phobias.

noun
  1. a person with a phobia.

Origin of phobic

1
First recorded in 1895–1900; phob(ia) + -ic, or by abstraction from adjectives ending in -phobic

Other words from phobic

  • non·pho·bic, adjective

Other definitions for -phobic (2 of 2)

-phobic

  1. a combining form used to form adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -phobe: acrophobic; photophobic.

Origin of -phobic

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British Dictionary definitions for phobic

phobic

/ (ˈfəʊbɪk) /


adjective
  1. of, relating to, or arising from a phobia

noun
  1. a person suffering from a phobia

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