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Here are some fears that I found on a web site at school. Among them are some funny things...

Anthrophobia- Fear of flowers.


Androphobia- Fear of men.
Gynophobia- Fear of women.
Caligynephobia- Fear of beautiful women.
Eremophobia- Fear of loneliness. Fear of being alone.
Anuptaphobia- Fear of staying single.
Aphephobia- Fear of touching or being touched.
Pteronophobia- Fear of being tickled by feathers. Fear of feathers.
Philophobia- Fear of falling in love or being in love.
Gamophobia- Fear of marriage.
Zelophobia- Fear of jealousy.
Coitophobia- Fear of sexual intercourse.
Paraphobia- Fear of sexual perversion.


Pogonophobia- Fear of beards.
Doraphobia- Fear of fur. Fear of contact with animal fur or skin.
Trichophobia- Fear of hair.
Vestiophobia- Fear of clothing.
Dermatosiophobia- Fear of skin.
Nudophobia- Fear of nudity.
Abluthophobia- Fear of bathing.


Linonophobia- Fear of string.
Melophobia- Fear of music.
Metallophobia- Fear of metal.
*****- Fear of children.
Parthenophobia- Fear of virgins or young girls.
Misophobia- Fear of dirt, especially of being contaminated by dirt.
Myxophobia- Fear of slime.
Vermiphobia- Fear of earthworms.


Cathisophobia- Fear of sitting.
Barophobia- Fear of gravity.
Kyphophobia- Fear of stooping.
Ambulophobia- Fear of walking.
Chorophobia- Fear of dancing.
Basophobia- Fear of falling.
Climacophobia- Fear of falling down stairs.


Deipnophobia- Fear of dining and dinner conversations.
Cibophobia- Fear of food.
Arachibutyrophobia- Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth.
Geumophobia- Fear of tastes or flavors.
Acerophobia- Fear of sourness.


Psychophobia- Fear of the mind.
Phonemophobia- Fear of thinking.
Ideophobia- Fear of ideas.
Philosophobia- Fear of philosophy.
Scholionophobia - Fear of school.
Sophophobia- Fear of learning.
Verbophobia- Fear of words.
Metrophobia- Fear of poetry.
Graphophobia- Fear of writing.


Ergophobia- Fear of work.
Hypegiaphobia- Fear of responsibility.
Decidophobia - Fear of making decisions.
Lyssophobia- Fear of becoming insane.
Potophobia- Fear of alcohol or acoholic beverages.


Symmetrophobia- Fear of symmetry.
Tachophobia- Fear of speed.
Technophobia- Fear of arts and crafts. Fear of technology.
Telephonophobia- Fear of telephones.


Odontophobia- Fear of teeth.
Ommetaphobia- Fear of eyes.
Ophthalmophobia- Fear of being stared at.


Eosophobia- Fear of dawn.
Heliophobia- Fear of the sun. Fear of (or abnormal sensitivity to) sunlight.
Phenogophobia- Fear of daylight.
Photalgiophobia- Fear of photalgin, pain in the eyes caused by light.
Photophobia- Fear of light. Fear of (strong) light. (Like gizmo in "gremlins" wink
Sciophobia- Fear of shadows.
Nyctophobia- Fear of the dark or of night.
Siderophobia- Fear of stars.
Lunaphobia- Fear of the moon.


Eisoptrophobia- Fear of mirrors. Fear of looking into mirrors.
Hemophobia- Fear of blood.


Brontophobia- Fear of thunder storms.
Keraunophobia- Fear of thunder. Fear of thunder and lightning.


Thanatophobia- Fear of death or dying.
Necrophobia- Fear of dead things. Fear of death.
Taphephobia- Fear of being buried alive or of cemeteries.
Placophobia- Fear of tombstones.


Rhabdophobia- Fear of magic. Fear of being eaten.
Triskadekaphobia- Fear of the number 13.
Phasmophobia- Fear of ghosts.
Specrophobia- Fear of specters or phantoms.
Demonophobia- Fear of spirits or demons.


Theophobia- Fear of gods or religion.
Satanophobia- Fear of Satan.
Papaphobia- Fear of the Pope.
Hagiophobia- Fear of saints.
Hierophobia- Fear of priests. Fear of sacred objects.
Uranophobia- Fear of heaven.
Stygiophobia- Fear of hell.
Ecclesiophobia- Fear of church.
Staurophobia- Fear of crosses or the crucifix.
Peccatophobia- Fear of sinning.
Enosiophobia- Fear of having committed an unpardonable sin.


Hedonophobia- Fear of pleasure.
Cherophobia- Fear of gaiety.
Chrematophobia- Fear of wealth.


Chromophobia- Fear of colors.
Xanthophobia- Fear of the color yellow or the word yellow.
Eurotophobia- Fear of the color red; fear of blushing.


Dextrophobia- Fear of objects on the right side of the body.
Levophobia- Fear of objects on the left side of the body.
Diplopiaphobia- Fear of double vision.


Pantophobia- Fear of everything. A nonspecific fear; A state of general anxiety.
Polyphobia- Fear of many things.
Phobophobia- Fear of phobias.
Tremophobia- Fear of trembling.


Anthrophobia- Fear of flowers.