nightmare
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- noun
- /ˈnaɪtˌmɛr/
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- After watching a scary movie, she had a vivid nightmare that kept her awake all night.
- frequent nightmares
- dreams or nightmares
- still have nightmares
I've had one nightmare countless times throughout my life.
- I've had one nightmare countless times throughout my life.
- And they can't sleep for months because of nightmares and cold sweats.
- It wasn't like a reoccurring nightmare for days and months.
- In fact, you said I have nightmares more than I dream.
- But I've had severe nightmares since I was a teenager because of this.
- You might have lots of intrusive thoughts or nightmares about it.
- Because her brother has nightmares and he like, leaks.
- That's why I miss my nightmares now I sleep.
- But does it replay on your mind or nightmares or think about it?
- You know, we've left that how to explain nightmares in kids is an exploration.
- It was give me gives you nightmares and stuff like that.
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I still have nightmares about tests I haven't studied for.
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Years after they graduate, many people still have nightmares about being unprepared for a test.
Academic text (2011) -
What is the number one most common nightmare people have?
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You must have been having a nightmare.
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That was his worst nightmare.
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And be rescued from this awful nightmare!
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I keep having this reoccurring nightmare.
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I've had the same recurring nightmare about it ever since.
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She's waking up with nightmares because of what you have done.
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Even now, after twenty-five years, one of my worst nightmares is to arrive somewhere overdressed.
Fiction book (1990)
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Etymology
Nightmare comes from an old belief that a mare was an 'evil spirit' that sat on a sleeping person's chest and gave them bad dreams. So nightmare now means a very frightening or unpleasant dream.