nightmare

IPA: nˈaɪtmɛr

(now rare) A demon or monster, thought to plague people while they slept and cause a feeling of suffocation and terror during sleep.
(now chiefly historical) A feeling of extreme anxiety or suffocation experienced during sleep; Sleep paralysis.
A very bad or frightening dream.
(figuratively) Any bad, miserable, difficult or terrifying situation or experience that arouses anxiety, terror, agony or great displeasure.

Examples of "nightmare" in Sentences

To expect politicians to correct this nightmare is a fantasy.
If MAC is not allowed to protest, it has threatened to turn the day into what it called a "nightmare."
But higher education proved to be no respite for the desperate teen, which he described as a "nightmare."
It's also helpful to realize, say sleep researchers, that what you call a nightmare may or may not actually be one.
He fled abroad and landowner Maria Burt was left to pay for their removal in what she called a nightmare experience.
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Wednesday he could have not have imagined what he called the nightmare that unfolded in Iraq but still ...
On the diplomatic front, the U.N. secretary-general, Kofi Annan, is pushing the Security Council to come up with a plan by the end of the week to end what he calls the nightmare for civilians in Israel and Lebanon.
The three Duke lacrosse players accused of sexual assault in an explosive case have now been cleared, all charges dropped, the young men speaking out, marking the end of what one called a nightmare that lasted more than a year.
In an editorial, the paper considers the fallout for India from what it calls the nightmare on Wall Street, and says things aren't too bleak, with an industrial growth rate of 7.1 per cent in July and the global price of oil falling below $95.