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nightmare
[ nahyt-mair ]
noun
- a terrifying dream in which the dreamer experiences feelings of helplessness, extreme anxiety, sorrow, etc.
Synonyms: phantasmagoria
- a condition, thought, or experience suggestive of a nightmare:
the nightmare of his years in prison.
- (formerly) a monster or evil spirit believed to oppress persons during sleep.
nightmare
/ ˈnaɪtˌmɛə /
noun
- a terrifying or deeply distressing dream
- an event or condition resembling a terrifying dream
the nightmare of shipwreck
- ( as modifier )
a nightmare drive
- a thing that is feared
- (formerly) an evil spirit supposed to harass or suffocate sleeping people
Derived Forms
- ˈnightˌmarishness, noun
- ˈnightˌmarishly, adverb
- ˈnightˌmarish, adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of nightmare1
Word History and Origins
Origin of nightmare1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
One woman, who the BBC is naming only as "Kay", explained how she had arranged to meet a man for the first time after connecting on a dating app, but the encounter turned into a nightmare.
“I wanted her to beat Trump, but Harris winning would mean my family stays in the same nightmare we’ve come to know. Trump winning makes that nightmare more uncertain, and the ways it will harm my family less clear. But what is clear is that the U.S. government, whether Democrat or Republican, will keep sending weapons to Benjamin Netanyahu illegally. That’s what I have a problem with.”
"I hate everything about this situation. It’s a nightmare to think about and I’m just glad nobody else is going to get hurt."
"The ending is this continuous nightmare of not closing out a match," he told TNT Sports.
But this one family’s grief is many people’s grief as it’s a nightmare replicated across the Valencia region which was hammered by flash flooding nearly two weeks ago, killing at least 219 people.
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