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1. (n.) nightmare
a terrifying dream producing feelings of extreme fear and anxiety.
2. nightmare
a condition, thought, or experience suggestive of a nightmare.
3. nightmare
(formerly) a monster or evil spirit believed to oppress persons during sleep.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME; see night , mare2)
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| Definition of 'nightmare' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) nightmare, incubus
a situation resembling a terrifying dream
2. (noun) nightmare
a terrifying or deeply upsetting dream
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1. (noun) nightmare
a very frightening dream
I used to have nightmares about ghosts.
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| Definition of 'nightmare' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) nightmare
a fiend or incubus formerly supposed to cause trouble in sleep
2. (noun) nightmare
a condition in sleep usually caused by improper eating or by digestive or nervous troubles, and characterized by a sense of extreme uneasiness or discomfort (as of weight on the chest or stomach, impossibility of motion or speech, etc.), or by frightful or oppressive dreams, from which one wakes after extreme anxiety, in a troubled state of mind; incubus
3. (noun) nightmare
hence, any overwhelming, oppressive, or stupefying influence
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Sense: a frightening dream
I had a nightmare about being strangled.
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 Afrikaans: nagmerrie |
 Arabic: كابوس |
 Bulgarian: кошмар |
 Brazilian: pesadelo |
 Czech: noční můra |
 German: der Alptraum |
 Danish: mareridt |
 Greek: εφιάλτης |
 Spanish: pesadilla |
 Estonian: luupainaja |
 Farsi: کابوس |
 Finnish: painajainen |
 French: cauchemar |
 Hebrew: סִיוּט |
 Hindi: दु:स्वन, डरावना या भयानक |
 Croatian: noćna mora |
 Hungarian: rémkép |
 Indonesian: mimpi buruk |
 Icelandic: martröð |
 Italian: incubo |
 Japanese: 悪夢 |
 Korean: 악몽 |
 Lithuanian: košmaras, baisus sapnas |
 Latvian: murgs,ļauns sapnis |
 Malay: mimpi buruk |
 Dutch: nachtmerrie |
 Norwegian: mareritt |
 Polish: koszmar |
 Persian: ،خواب ترسناك کابوس |
 Pashto: ډارونكى خوب |
 Portuguese: pesadelo |
 Romanian: coşmar |
 Russian: кошмар |
 Slovak: nočná mora |
 Slovenian: mora |
 Serbian: košmar |
 Swedish: mardröm |
 Thai: ฝันร้าย |
 Turkish: karabasan, kâbus |
 Taiwanese: 惡夢 |
 Ukrainian: страхіття |
 Urdu: ڈراؤنا خواب |
 Vietnamese: cơn ác mộng |
 Chinese: 恶梦 |
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