nightmare
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- noun
- /ˈnaɪtˌmɛr/
- Informal
:
pesadilla
- For many students, finals week is a nightmare filled with stress and anxiety.
- become a nightmare
- a logistical nightmare
- a nightmare scenario
You built quest and had nightmare days and beautiful days.
- You built quest and had nightmare days and beautiful days.
- Isn't that actual nightmare material That is hell.
- He's talking about, you know, nightmare guests that stayed.
- It is a nightmare, a living nightmare.
- And this is like the literal parents literal worst nightmare kind of thing.
- It's truly a nightmare situation for her.
- Will the ones who built the nightmare also drown in it?
- You know, it was it's a nightmare, but it's so much fun.
- And so I mean it, it was a nightmare to begin with, really.
Examples
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It is a living nightmare and it must end.
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The whole thing is like some great nightmare.
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Yeah, this is their worst nightmare, not you.
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Well, it was a nightmare to say the least.
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So this is the nightmare part of the American dream.
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A dream to some, a nightmare to others.
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How could the same nightmare happen twice?
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Bullying behavior no doubt is becoming a common feature and a nightmare in schools all over the world.
Academic text (2008) -
There are, however, solutions to the bureaucratic nightmare that confronts many social workers.
Academic text (2011) -
Perspiration stood out on Bertram's face; this was a nightmare they had never dreamed of.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
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A person or thing that causes strong fear or disgust
A situation or feeling that causes great worry and distress
Antonyms
Compounds
How Bad
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- Informal
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Morphology
Etymology
Nightmare comes from the old idea that a mare was an 'evil spirit' that pressed on a sleeping person's chest to cause terrible dreams. That's why we call a very unpleasant or frightening situation a nightmare, because it feels like a terrible dream.