metrophobia
[ me-truh-foh-bee-uh ]
noun
a strong dislike of or aversion to poetry.
an irrational or disproportionate fear of poetry: Being forced to read John Donne's sonnets aloud in front of my English class gave me such bad metrophobia that I can't even look at greeting card poetry without getting sweaty palms and a dry mouth.
Origin of metrophobia
1Other words from metrophobia
- met·ro·pho·bic, adjective, noun
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