night fear
night fear · night fears
Nyktophobie
The fear of the night, nighttime, or darknessThe fear of the night, nighttime, or darkness.
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable)The fear of the night, nighttime, or darkness.
(countable, figuratively)A fear or terror that one typically has at night.
Origin
From night + fear.From night + fear.
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Forms
plural: night fearsSynonyms
3 synonymsfear of the night:nightfrightnoctophobianyctophobia
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.