hydrophobia

Noun

Meaning

An abnormal dread of water, said to be a symptom of canine madness; hence:

The disease caused by a bite form, or inoculation with the saliva of, a rabid creature, of which the chief symptoms are, a sense of dryness and construction in the throat, causing difficulty in deglutition, and a marked heightening of reflex excitability, producing convulsions whenever the patient attempts to swallow, or is disturbed in any way, as by the sight or sound of water; rabies; canine madness.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

madness rabies lyssa aquaphobia fury rage rave frenzy furiousness rhabdovirus kakorrhaphiophobia bathophobia water-fear waterfright canine madness
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Antonyms

peace calm calmness evenness

Hypernyms

symptom zoonosis simple phobia zoonotic disease

Related terms

hydrophobic antihydrophobic hydrophobe hydrophobophobia

Phrases with the word

have hydrophobia

Examples

What deity in the realms of dementia, what rabid god decocted out of the smoking lobes of hydrophobia could have devised a keeping place for souls so poor as is this flesh. This mawky worm-bent tabernacle. Cormac McCarthy

Put away these frozenjawed primates and their annals of ways beset and ultimate dark. What deity in the realms of dementia, what rabid god decocted out of the smoking lobes of hydrophobia could have devised a keeping place for souls so poor as in this flesh. This mawky wormbent tabernacle. Cormac McCarthy

Close letter words and terms

hydrophlorone hydrophobation hydrophobe hydrophobia cat hydrophobia skunk hydrophobic