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night-terrors

night terror
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • /ˈnaɪt ˈte.rərz/
    • /naɪt ˈte.rəz/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • /ˈnaɪt ˈte.rərz/

Definition of night-terrors word

  • noun night-terrors a sudden feeling of extreme fear that awakens a sleeping person, usually during slow-wave sleep, and is not associated with a dream or nightmare. 1

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Origin of night-terrors

First appearance:

before 1895
One of the 18% newest English words
First recorded in 1895-1900

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Parts of speech for Night-terrors

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

night-terrors popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 27% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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