phobic

/ˈfoʊbɪk/

If you're so scared of germs that you aren't able to shake people's hands or touch doorknobs, you can call yourself phobic. People who are phobic have strong, irrational fears.

A fear that isn't based in reality is a phobia, and someone who has this kind of fear is phobic. It's not uncommon to be phobic of heights, airplanes, snakes, or the dark. Being phobic goes beyond a dislike or mild anxiety, though — if you're truly phobic of something, you're sometimes unable to face it without trembling or feeling your heart race. The Greek root, phobos, means "fear."

Definitions of phobic

1. adjective

   suffering from irrational fears
   synonyms:

   neurotic, psychoneurotic

   affected with emotional disorder