acrophobia

[ UK /ˌækɹəfˈə‍ʊbi‍ə/ ]
NOUN
  1. a morbid fear of great heights
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How To Use acrophobia In A Sentence

  • Battling acrophobia and nausea as you scale the mast of this 104-foot-tall ship to the crow's nest and peer down into the roiling water below.
  • For all that, it's easy to understand why some analysts and investors are feeling a bout of acrophobia coming on.
  • Method Taking the technique of systematic desensitization therapy with behavioral treatment for acrophobia and offering consultations and desensitization treatment to the persons who need help.
  • Finding the equipment and an instructor wasn't difficult, but admitting acrophobia was more than I was willing to expose.
  • Less common is acrophobia, ‘fear of heights‘; this derives from the Greek ‘akros’ for a thing that is topmost, or at the tip or extremity of something.
  • Viharo and Tyrrell, as a has-been child actress now in her adult years and suffering from acrophobia, completely steal the show with their creepy, intense performances.
  • James has lived in his flat for 16 years and suffers from psychosis, asthma and acrophobia.
  • Many pilots still enjoy flying even though they have some degree of acrophobia.
  • Taking the technique of systematic desensitization therapy with behavioral treatment for acrophobia and offering consultations and desensitization treatment to the persons who need help.
  • If you have acrophobia, I'd recommend keeping your eyes shut.
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