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nightmare

night·mare
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [nahyt-mair]
    • /ˈnaɪtˌmɛər/
    • /ˈnaɪt.meər/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [nahyt-mair]
    • /ˈnaɪtˌmɛər/

Definitions of nightmare word

  • noun nightmare a terrifying dream in which the dreamer experiences feelings of helplessness, extreme anxiety, sorrow, etc. 1
  • noun nightmare a condition, thought, or experience suggestive of a nightmare: the nightmare of his years in prison. 1
  • noun nightmare (formerly) a monster or evil spirit believed to oppress persons during sleep. 1
  • noun nightmare A frightening or unpleasant dream. 1
  • noun nightmare bad dream 1
  • noun nightmare situation 1

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Origin of nightmare

First appearance:

before 1250
One of the 11% oldest English words
Middle English word dating back to 1250-1300; See origin at night, mare2

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Nightmare

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

nightmare popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 87% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

nightmare usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for nightmare

noun nightmare

  • dream — a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
  • hallucination — a sensory experience of something that does not exist outside the mind, caused by various physical and mental disorders, or by reaction to certain toxic substances, and usually manifested as visual or auditory images.
  • vision — the act or power of sensing with the eyes; sight.
  • incubus — an imaginary demon or evil spirit supposed to descend upon sleeping persons, especially one fabled to have sexual intercourse with women during their sleep. Compare succubus (def 1).
  • fantasy — imagination, especially when extravagant and unrestrained.

adjective nightmare

  • traumatic — of, relating to, or produced by a trauma or wound.
  • frightening — to make afraid or fearful; throw into a fright; terrify; scare.
  • terrifying — to fill with terror or alarm; make greatly afraid.
  • terrible — distressing; severe: a terrible winter.
  • dreadful — causing great dread, fear, or terror; terrible: a dreadful storm.

Antonyms for nightmare

noun nightmare

  • actuality — Actuality is the state of really existing rather than being imagined.
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  • pleasure — the state or feeling of being pleased.
  • reality — the state or quality of being real.
  • truth — the true or actual state of a matter: He tried to find out the truth.

adjective nightmare

  • wonderful — excellent; great; marvelous: We all had a wonderful weekend.

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