nightmare

nightmare
Synonyms and related words:
Dracula, Frankenstein, Wolf-man, bad dream, bogey, bogeyman, brown study, bugaboo, bugbear, clawing, cruciation, crucifixion, daydream, dream, fantasy, fee-faw-fum, frightener, ghost, ghoul, hell, hell upon earth, hobgoblin, holocaust, holy terror, horror, incubus, laceration, lancination, martyrdom, monster, ogre, ogress, passion, persecution, phantom, pipe dream, purgatory, rack, revenant, reverie, scarebabe, scarecrow, scarer, specter, succubus, terror, torment, torture, vampire, vision, werewolf

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  • Nightmare — Night mare (n[imac]t m[^a]r ), n. [Night + mare incubus. See {Mare} incubus.] 1. A fiend or incubus formerly supposed to cause trouble in sleep. [archaic] [1913 Webster] 2. A trerrifying or oppressive dream characterized by a sense of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • nightmare — [nīt′mer΄] n. [ME nihtmare: see NIGHT & MARE3] [Historical] 1. FolkloreFolklore Historical an evil spirit believed to haunt and suffocate sleeping people 2. a frightening dream, often accompanied by a sensation of oppression and helplessness 3.… …   English World dictionary

  • Nightmare 6 — Nightmare #6 is a game which Apple Computer included (along with other software) with the purchase of their systems in the 1980 s. Many of those who grew up in this decade are likely to remember playing this game either in school or at home.… …   Wikipedia

  • nightmare — (n.) late 13c., an evil female spirit afflicting sleepers with a feeling of suffocation, compounded from NIGHT (Cf. night) + MARE (Cf. mare) (3) goblin that causes nightmares, incubus. Meaning shifted mid 16c. from the incubus to the suffocating… …   Etymology dictionary

  • nightmare — dream, vision, *fancy, fantasy, phantasy, phantasm, daydream Analogous words: *delusion, hallucination, illusion: threatening or threat, menacing or menace (see corresponding verbs at THREATEN) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • nightmare — [n] bad dream or experience dream, fancy, fantasy, hallucination, horror, illusion, incubus, ordeal, phantasm, succubus, torment, trial, tribulation, vision; concepts 315,674 Ant. daymare …   New thesaurus

  • nightmare — ► NOUN 1) a frightening or unpleasant dream. 2) a very unpleasant experience or prospect. DERIVATIVES nightmarish adjective. ORIGIN originally denoting a female evil spirit thought to lie upon and suffocate sleepers: from Old English mære… …   English terms dictionary

  • Nightmare — Logo der Reihe Die Filmreihe Nightmare [ˈnaɪtmɛɹ] (dt. „Albtraum“) bzw. A Nightmare on Elm Street (Originaltitel) ist eine populäre Horrorfilm Reihe um einen Serienmörder namens Freddy Krueger, die inzwischen neun Kinofilme umfasst. Ausgangspunkt …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Nightmare — A nightmare is an unpleasant dream that can cause a strong negative emotional response from the mind, typically fear and/or horror, but also despair, anxiety and great sadness. The dream may contain situations of danger, discomfort, psychological …   Wikipedia

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