Meaning of hydrophobe | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A hydrophobic compound or material.
2. Someone who is affected by hydrophobia (a fear or aversion to water).

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Examples

“The shock⟳ of the meeting triremes was tremendous, and in a moment the poor little hydrophobes were spluttering in the pond: […]”

“If I talk⟳ to 10 people, there is usually a fellow hydrophobe among them. It is hard to pick⟳ them out, because a person who is afraid of water looks very much like⟳ a normal person. But, from talking with fellow hydrophobes, I have⟳ discovered something we almost all share⟳: more times than not, our fear of water stems from one intensely bad experience⟳ that came during our childhoods.”

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