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One who hates heights
Answer for the clue "One who hates heights ", 9 letters:
acrophobe
Word definitions for acrophobe in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"one suffering from acrophobia," 1895, from acrophobia ; also see -phobe .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A person who suffers from acrophobia, a fear of heights.
Usage examples of acrophobe.
He was like an acrophobe edging along a precipitous path, scared to look down, afraid of losing his balance and falling accidentally, afraid too of the impulse that might lead him to plunge purposefully into the void.
Better to ask an acrophobe to climb Half Dome, or demand that a claustrophobe interview a man in the world's deepest mine.