phobic
Example Sentences
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"Hopefully overcoming that phobic response will allow somebody to feel much more empowered when they walk into a medical situation," he says.
From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2025
Auntie is very phobic about credit card scams but she hasn’t listened when my parents tell her that scams come through the phone and mail too.
From Slate ● Apr. 26, 2024
With hundreds of years of baseless myth to supply us, it’s no wonder as many as six percent of people are phobic of arachnids.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 12, 2024
“They are now marketing Botox to people in their 20s, and if you get people to be phobic about aging when they’re young, you have an ever-replenishing market for your products.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2023
The word phobic has its place when properly used, but lately it's been declawed by the pompous insistence that most animosity is based upon fear rather than loathing.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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