cacophobia
/ˌkækəˈfəʊbiə/noun
उच्चारण कैकफ़ोबिअ
कुरूपता का असामान्य भय
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an abnormal fear of ugliness
कुरूपता का असामान्य भय
- The novelist gave her vain heroine a touch of cacophobia.
- Her fear of ugly rooms, a mild case of cacophobia, made her repaint the flat three times.
- Doctors say that cacophobia is a rare condition.
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- Her cacophobia made her avoid galleries with ugly paintings.
- The essay describes a character who suffers from cacophobia.
AaSpelling
cac·o·pho·bia
⌂Word origin and word building
Learn the common phobias as a set: claustrophobia (closed spaces), agoraphobia (open or crowded places), acrophobia (heights), hydrophobia (water, also rabies), xenophobia (foreigners), arachnophobia (spiders), nyctophobia (darkness), hippophobia (horses), bibliophobia (books).
आम phobias का समूह सीखिए: claustrophobia (बंद जगह), agoraphobia (खुली या भीड़ भरी जगह), acrophobia (ऊँचाई), hydrophobia (पानी, rabies भी), xenophobia (विदेशी), arachnophobia (मकड़ी), nyctophobia (अँधेरा), hippophobia (घोड़े), bibliophobia (किताबें)।
Caco- means bad or ugly, as in cacophony (harsh sound); -phobia means fear.
Caco- का अर्थ बुरा या कुरूप है, cacophony (कर्कश ध्वनि) की तरह; -phobia का अर्थ भय।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
Fear of ugliness is cacophobia.
'कुरूपता का भय' cacophobia है।