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adjective
- 1. of the nature of a nightmare; very frightening or unpleasant: "a nightmarish vision of the future"
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extremely unpleasant and very upsetting or frightening: a nightmarish traffic jam. He felt overwhelmed by the nightmarish scenario he faced. See. nightmare. Fewer examples. The name still evokes nightmarish memories of the riots. The film creates a nightmarish vision of the future. We had a nightmarish journey to our holiday destination.
extremely unpleasant and very upsetting or frightening: a nightmarish traffic jam. He felt overwhelmed by the nightmarish scenario he faced. See. nightmare. Fewer examples. The name still evokes nightmarish memories of the riots. The film creates a nightmarish vision of the future. We had a nightmarish trip to our vacation destination.
adjective. If you describe something as nightmarish, you mean that it is extremely frightening and unpleasant. She described a nightmarish scene of dead bodies lying in the streets. Synonyms: terrifying, frightening, disturbing, appalling More Synonyms of nightmarish. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
Nightmarish definition: resembling a nightmare, especially in being terrifying, exasperating, or the like. See examples of NIGHTMARISH used in a sentence.
noun. night· mare ˈnīt-ˌmer. Synonyms of nightmare. 1. : an evil spirit formerly thought to oppress people during sleep. 2. : a frightening dream that usually awakens the sleeper. 3. : something (such as an experience, situation, or object) having the monstrous character of a nightmare or producing a feeling of anxiety or terror.
Something nightmarish is truly horrifying, something that would show up in a bad dream. Your nightmarish day might start with a car accident on the way to school and end with a fight with your best friend.
n. 1. A dream arousing feelings of intense fear, horror, and distress. 2. An event or experience that is intensely distressing. 3. A demon or spirit once thought to plague sleeping people. [Middle English, a female demon that afflicts sleeping people : night, night; see night + mare, goblin (from Old English; see mer- in Indo-European roots).]
Definition of nightmarish adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
NIGHTMARE definition: 1. a very upsetting or frightening dream: 2. an extremely unpleasant event or experience or…. Learn more.
nightmarish. resembling a nightmare, esp. in being terrifying, exasperating, or the like: his nightmarish experience in a concentration camp. night′mar′ish•ness, n. a frightening or terrifying dream that produces feelings of great fear and anxiety.
