"You're afraid of the dark. That's nyctophobia. And you're afraid of deep places, or depth. That's bathophobia."
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Nyctophobia
Synonyms for "nyctophobia" (7 found)
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12 translations across 9 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- страх от тъмното noun (fear of the night)
Danish
2 entries- mørkeræd noun (fear of the night)
- nyktofobi noun (fear of the night)
Finnish
1 entries- pimeänpelko noun (fear of the night)
French
1 entries- nyctophobie noun (fear of the night)
German
1 entries- Nyktophobie noun (fear of the night)
Greek
1 entries- νυχτοφοβία noun (fear of the night)
Hindi
1 entries- अन्धकार भय noun (fear of the night)
Portuguese
1 entries- nictofobia noun (fear of the night)
Swedish
3 entries- mörkrädsla noun (fear of the night)
- nyctofobi noun (fear of the night)
- skotofobi noun (fear of the night)
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