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UK
/nˈaɪtmeə/
]
[ US /ˈnaɪtˌmɛɹ/ ]
[ US /ˈnaɪtˌmɛɹ/ ]
NOUN
- a terrifying or deeply upsetting dream
- a situation resembling a terrifying dream
How To Use nightmare In A Sentence
- Spin, the tracks were mostly inspired by surfing, except for the instrumental "Lady Dada's Nightmare", which is an homage to Lady Gaga, and the title track, which is about "the world economic crisis. Pitchfork: Latest News
- I believe that in a free market without a competition law your worst nightmares would come true, that everything would be monopolised or cartelised.
- Years after the accident I still have nightmares about it.
- What is already a political embarrassment could turn into an economic nightmare. Times, Sunday Times
- I am having this recurring nightmare that I will be stuck in traffic for so long that I will die and my body decompose beyond recognition before anyone notices.
- Pettin's men surged up the steps at them, weapons flashing in the guttery light; Del's screaming, shrill as an angry hawk's, stabbed through Joanna's panic like the senseless sounds of nightmare. The Silicon Mage
- Shakily I splashed some cold water onto my stricken face, wishing the cold liquid to act as a reality check, maybe even wake me up from this painfully real nightmare.
- She woke up in the middle of a ghastly nightmare.
- For many multinationals, in fact, offshoring can be a public-relations nightmare at both ends of the pipeline.
- Some of the children became prone to violent outbursts, irritability, nightmares, and insomnia.