acrophobic

Thân thiện

An acrophobic person hesitates to look down from the balcony.

Definition

Adjective: suffering from acrophobia; abnormally and persistently afraid of high places.

Usage

The word "acrophobic" is used to describe a person or their state of feeling an intense, irrational fear of heights. It is a clinical and descriptive term.

Examples

• She is acrophobic and avoids glass elevators and observation decks.
• His acrophobic reaction prevented him from climbing the ladder to fix the roof.
• The diagnosis confirmed he was acrophobic.

Advanced Usage

• The term can be used attributively (before a noun) or predicatively (after a linking verb like "is" or "feels").
• It describes a specific phobia, which is a type of anxiety disorder.

Variants and Related Words

• Acrophobia (noun): The irrational fear of heights itself.
  • His acrophobia makes air travel difficult.

Synonyms

• Height-fearing
• Altitude-fearful (less common)

Antonyms

• Acrophile (very rare, meaning one who loves heights)
• Fearless of heights

Học thuật

Adjective

1. suffering from acrophobia; abnormally afraid of high places