Nightmare
21nightmare — [[t]na͟ɪtmeə(r)[/t]] ♦♦♦ nightmares 1) N COUNT A nightmare is a very frightening dream. All the victims still suffered nightmares... Jane did not eat cheese because it gives her nightmares. 2) N COUNT If you refer to a situation as a nightmare,… …
22…nightmare — Infobox Album Name = …nightmare Artist = Negazione Type = EP Released = 1987 Recorded = April 1985 Genre = Hardcore punk Length = 12 m Label = New Beginning Records Producer = Dolf and Negazione Reviews = Last album = Lo spirito continua… (1986)… …
23nightmare — noun (C) 1 a very frightening dream: Years after the accident I still have nightmares about it. 2 a very unpleasant or frightening experience: He kept trying to hold my hand all the time it was a real nightmare! | nightmare journey/situation etc… …
24nightmare — noun Etymology: Middle English, from 1night + 1mare Date: 14th century 1. an evil spirit formerly thought to oppress people during sleep 2. a frightening dream that usually awakens the sleeper 3. something (as an experience, situation, or object) …
25nightmare — /nuyt mair /, n. 1. a terrifying dream in which the dreamer experiences feelings of helplessness, extreme anxiety, sorrow, etc. 2. a condition, thought, or experience suggestive of a nightmare: the nightmare of his years in prison. 3. (formerly)… …
26nightmare — noun /nˈaɪtmeəʳ/ a) A very bad or frightening dream. I had a nightmare that I tried to run but could neither move nor breathe. b) Any bad, miserable, difficult or terrifying situation or experience that arouses …
27nightmare — [13] The mare of nightmare is not the same word as mare ‘female horse’. It comes from Old English mære, which denoted a sort of evil spirit or goblin which sat on sleepers’ chests and gave them bad dreams. That is what the compound nightmare… …
28nightmare — noun 1) she woke from a nightmare Syn: bad dream, night terrors; archaic incubus 2) the journey was a nightmare Syn: ordeal, trial, torment, horror, hell, misery, agony, torture, murder; …
29nightmare — [13] The mare of nightmare is not the same word as mare ‘female horse’. It comes from Old English mære, which denoted a sort of evil spirit or goblin which sat on sleepers’ chests and gave them bad dreams. That is what the compound nightmare… …
30nightmare — adj awful. In adjectival form the word has been in vogue among teenagers and young adults in all English speaking areas since the 1990s, possibly influ enced by the cliche nightmare sce nario …
