Definitions
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- noun A person who suffers from
acrophobia , a fear of heights.
Etymologies
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Examples
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That I'm an acrophobe tends to complicate things a bit.
Perspective Ulysses 2009
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That I'm an acrophobe tends to complicate things a bit.
Archive 2009-08-01 Ulysses 2009
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I'm an acrophobe, and this is the kind of nightmare I get.
Archive 2009-03-01 Ulysses 2009
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I'm an acrophobe, and this is the kind of nightmare I get.
The Pursuit of Happiness. Ulysses 2009
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As an acrophobe I can't wait to get the bejeezus scared out of me with the sky cell scenes.
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Trite, perhaps, and certainly nothing new to your average acrophobe, but I suddenly realize the utterly bizarre reality that multiple tons of steel, clothing and human flesh have managed to reach an altitude most birds could never hope to reach.
by An Xiao 2005
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Trite, perhaps, and certainly nothing new to your average acrophobe, but I suddenly realize the utterly bizarre reality that multiple tons of steel, clothing and human flesh have managed to reach an altitude most birds could never hope to reach.
Archive 2005-12-01 2005
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But a hemophobe would no more have cut her own wrists than a pnigophobe would have tied a plastic bag over her head or an acrophobe would have thrown himself off a roof.
Fear Itself Jonathan Nasaw 2003
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He seemed unable to resist teasing an obvious acrophobe.
License Invoked Asprin, Robert 2001
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Teresa's platform was high up enough that it would have given an acrophobe problems.
A Darker Place King, Laurie R. 1999
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