astraphobe

Someone suffering from astraphobia.

Noun

  1. Someone suffering from astraphobia.
    • If you are an aviator and you aren't an astraphobe, this article is meant for you. - 1985, United States Army Aviation Digest, page 16:
    • The bright lights and dark dissonance starts to wane. But as the child looked, the more he could see. An astraphobe's moments of pure glee. - 2021, Khushi Sharma, Aashi Toor, Evoking Nostalgia, BooksClub, page 103:
    • Astraphobes take note: you're more likely to be hit, and killed, by lightning in Salt Lake County than anywhere else along the Wasatch Front. - 2014 March 1, Lightning is more likely to kill you in Salt Lake than in...

Origin

From Ancient Greek ἀστραπή (astrapḗ, “lightning”) + -phobe.

Forms

astraphobes