nightmares

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Definition of nightmares word

noun nightmares Plural form of nightmare. 1

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Parts of speech for Nightmares

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adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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nightmares popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% 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".

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Synonyms for nightmares

noun nightmares

dreams — a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
hallucinations — Plural form of hallucination.
incubi — 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).
fantasies — Plural form of fantasy.
horrors — an overwhelming and painful feeling caused by something frightfully shocking, terrifying, or revolting; a shuddering fear: to shrink back from a mutilated corpse in horror.

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Antonyms for nightmares

noun nightmares

actualities — Plural form of actuality.
facts — something that actually exists; reality; truth: Your fears have no basis in fact.
pleasures — the state or feeling of being pleased.
certainties — Plural form of certainty.

All 4 Antonyms of nightmares

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