melophobia

Etymology

From melo- + -phobia, from Ancient Greek μελῳδία (melōidía, “music”) + φόβος (phóbos, “fear”), “fear of music”.

Why this word is great

MELOPHOBIA — [Noun] An aversion to or fear of music. From melo- (from Ancient Greek μέλος (mélos, "limb, musical phrase")) + -phobia (from Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos, "fear")), literally "fear of music". Unlike "musical anhedonia" (a neutral absence of pleasure) or "melophilia" (its rapturous opposite), melophobia is an active recoil—a flinch at the opening bars of a lullaby, a panic in the swell of a symphony, a visceral need to silence the radio before the chorus begins. It is the shudder of a body that hears not harmony but threat, not rhythm but invasion, not song but the unbearable weight of sound pressing against the skin. Some silences are not empty; they are fortified.

noun

Aversion to music.“All the senses, he says, are flattered by wine. “In my youth, when I worked very hard, I used to drink a great deal of tea at breakfast, and, notwithstanding my passion for music, I detested morning concerts. Since I have analysed and experimented upon the cause of my sensations, I am satisfied that my melophobia was caused by the astringent action of the tea on my nervous system in general, and o”