nightmare
IPA: nˈaɪtmɛr
noun
- (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.
verb
- (intransitive) To experience a nightmare.
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