Nightmare
noun
A scary dream.
I had a nightmare about a ghost last night.
Often appears as...
- have a nightmare
- nightmare about
noun
A very difficult, unpleasant, or scary situation.
The car accident was a real nightmare.
Often appears as...
- real nightmare
- living nightmare
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Disapproving
noun
A person or thing causing extreme distress or anxiety.
Her ex-boyfriend was a nightmare.
Often appears as...
- person is a nightmare
- situation is a nightmare
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Disapproving
adjective
Relating to a frightful or oppressive dream.
The nightmare scene was very disturbing.
Often appears as...
- nightmare scenario
- nightmare situation
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Disapproving
noun
A scary dream.
I had a nightmare about a ghost last night.
Often appears as...
- have a nightmare
- nightmare about
noun
A very difficult, unpleasant, or scary situation.
The car accident was a real nightmare.
Often appears as...
- real nightmare
- living nightmare
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
A person or thing causing extreme distress or anxiety.
Her ex-boyfriend was a nightmare.
Often appears as...
- person is a nightmare
- situation is a nightmare
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Relating to a frightful or oppressive dream.
The nightmare scene was very disturbing.
Often appears as...
- nightmare scenario
- nightmare situation
Usage tips
Disapproving
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Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Impact
Nightmares can evoke strong emotions that may linger after waking up.
I woke up shaking from a nightmare.
Pro Tip 2/3Recurrent Themes
Some nightmares are repeated with similar themes or scenarios.
She keeps having nightmares about falling.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphoric Use
'Nightmare' can describe real situations that feel as bad as scary dreams.
This traffic jam is a nightmare!
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Impact
Nightmares can evoke strong emotions that may linger after waking up.
I woke up shaking from a nightmare.
Pro Tip 2/3Recurrent Themes
Some nightmares are repeated with similar themes or scenarios.
She keeps having nightmares about falling.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphoric Use
'Nightmare' can describe real situations that feel as bad as scary dreams.
This traffic jam is a nightmare!
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Impact
Nightmares can evoke strong emotions that may linger after waking up.
I woke up shaking from a nightmare.
Pro Tip 2/3Recurrent Themes
Some nightmares are repeated with similar themes or scenarios.
She keeps having nightmares about falling.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphoric Use
'Nightmare' can describe real situations that feel as bad as scary dreams.
This traffic jam is a nightmare!
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Deep Sea Anglerfish Sex...
I mean, I hate to say, yeah, it's a bit stereotype but it's the stuff of nightmares. It really is. It's like you know you couldn't make it up, could you? But it does, it exists. But it's a monster, it is a monster. This one is called the snag tooth sea devil. I like the names of them as well. Look at that. They're very characteristic, aren't they?
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The terrors of sleep...
at least once in their life. This panic-inducing episode of coming face-to-face with the creatures from your nightmares can last anywhere from seconds to minutes and may involve visual or auditory hallucinations of an evil spirit or an out-of-body feeling like you're floating. Some have even mistaken sleep paralysis
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The nightmare videos of...
is the stuff that has kind of violent or sexual content, right? Children's cartoons getting assaulted, getting killed, weird pranks that actually genuinely terrify children. What you have is software pulling in all of these different influences to automatically generate kids' worst nightmares.
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How to recognize a...
Though the name suggested impossibility, modern scientific and political progress raised hopes of these dreams finally becoming reality. But time and time again, they instead turned into nightmares of war, famine, and oppression. And as artists began to question utopian thinking,
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Confronting big waves PIPE...
a bit of a nightmare so I hope you enjoy my story okay I grew up in the coast in England you know I started surfing about eight and I very quickly knew that it was something that I wanted it to be in my life forever and when I was leaving
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Vampires: Is It Real? PIPE...
her blood out into a beaker but why he said that he was a vampire and that he drank up the blood the nightmare continued for hours in between feedings the kidnapper kept her handcuffed in the bathtub it was through
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The past, present and...
Learning more about the causes and effects of the Black Death is important, not just for understanding how our world has been shaped by the past. It may also help save us from a similar nightmare in the future.
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A day in the life of a...
Servius was one of the few survivors. Servius still has nightmares of his comrades lying where they fell. But now the army is back to bury the dead with full military honors. As he helps in the task,
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Vampires: Folklore,...
and many more will continue to creep through our nightmares. Yet, so long as they subsist off a living being's life force, they are part of my tribe. Even sparkling vampires can be included.
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Battling To Save...
I never thought that we will became firefighters. That's the worst nightmare for a conservationist, because it means the weather and the systems that sustain life are broken.
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Deep Sea Anglerfish Sex...
I mean, I hate to say, yeah, it's a bit stereotype but it's the stuff of nightmares. It really is. It's like you know you couldn't make it up, could you? But it does, it exists. But it's a monster, it is a monster. This one is called the snag tooth sea devil. I like the names of them as well. Look at that. They're very characteristic, aren't they?
Video examples
The terrors of sleep...
at least once in their life. This panic-inducing episode of coming face-to-face with the creatures from your nightmares can last anywhere from seconds to minutes and may involve visual or auditory hallucinations of an evil spirit or an out-of-body feeling like you're floating. Some have even mistaken sleep paralysis
Video examples
The nightmare videos of...
is the stuff that has kind of violent or sexual content, right? Children's cartoons getting assaulted, getting killed, weird pranks that actually genuinely terrify children. What you have is software pulling in all of these different influences to automatically generate kids' worst nightmares.
Video examples
How to recognize a...
Though the name suggested impossibility, modern scientific and political progress raised hopes of these dreams finally becoming reality. But time and time again, they instead turned into nightmares of war, famine, and oppression. And as artists began to question utopian thinking,
Video examples
Confronting big waves PIPE...
a bit of a nightmare so I hope you enjoy my story okay I grew up in the coast in England you know I started surfing about eight and I very quickly knew that it was something that I wanted it to be in my life forever and when I was leaving
Video examples
Vampires: Is It Real? PIPE...
her blood out into a beaker but why he said that he was a vampire and that he drank up the blood the nightmare continued for hours in between feedings the kidnapper kept her handcuffed in the bathtub it was through
Video examples
The past, present and...
Learning more about the causes and effects of the Black Death is important, not just for understanding how our world has been shaped by the past. It may also help save us from a similar nightmare in the future.
Video examples
A day in the life of a...
Servius was one of the few survivors. Servius still has nightmares of his comrades lying where they fell. But now the army is back to bury the dead with full military honors. As he helps in the task,
Video examples
Vampires: Folklore,...
and many more will continue to creep through our nightmares. Yet, so long as they subsist off a living being's life force, they are part of my tribe. Even sparkling vampires can be included.
Video examples
Battling To Save...
I never thought that we will became firefighters. That's the worst nightmare for a conservationist, because it means the weather and the systems that sustain life are broken.
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Noam Chomsky
American Activist
I did used to have nightmares about the idea that when I die, there is a spark of consciousness which basically creates the world. 'Is the world going to disappear if this spark of consciousness disappears? And how do I know it won't? How do I know there's anything there except what I'm conscious of?
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Fabio Quagliarella
Italian Athlete
It was a dream move for me - I was at my hometown club - but I couldn't leave the house myself or with my family after receiving threats that suggested anything could happen at any moment. It turned my life into a nightmare. I wouldn't wish it on anyone.
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John C. Reilly
American Actor
Honestly, to tell you the truth, being trapped in any video game sounds like a living nightmare to me. In most video games, the point is it's a fight for survival, so I think it would be a terrifying place to live.
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Jack Henry Abbott
American Author
The part of me which wanders through my mind and never sees or feels actual objects, but which lives in and moves through my passions and my emotions, experiences this world as a horrible nightmare.
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Paulo Coelho
Brazilian Novelist
I'm not saying that love always takes you to heaven. Your life can become a nightmare. But that said, it is worth taking the risk.
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Frankie Grande
American Dancer
The party life that had once given me so much confidence and comfort had turned into a nightmare where I never felt more alone.
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Jennifer Saunders
British Comedian
Me just being myself in public or on TV is the biggest nightmare in the world.
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Tommy Lee Jones
American Actor
The world's not a very comfortable place if you have a nightmare to face.
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Sean Scully
American Artist
Imagine a world without art: it's George Orwell's nightmare!
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Roy Horn
German Entertainer
Dear God, let this be just a bad nightmare.
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Noam Chomsky
American Activist
I did used to have nightmares about the idea that when I die, there is a spark of consciousness which basically creates the world. 'Is the world going to disappear if this spark of consciousness disappears? And how do I know it won't? How do I know there's anything there except what I'm conscious of?
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Fabio Quagliarella
Italian Athlete
It was a dream move for me - I was at my hometown club - but I couldn't leave the house myself or with my family after receiving threats that suggested anything could happen at any moment. It turned my life into a nightmare. I wouldn't wish it on anyone.
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John C. Reilly
American Actor
Honestly, to tell you the truth, being trapped in any video game sounds like a living nightmare to me. In most video games, the point is it's a fight for survival, so I think it would be a terrifying place to live.
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Jack Henry Abbott
American Author
The part of me which wanders through my mind and never sees or feels actual objects, but which lives in and moves through my passions and my emotions, experiences this world as a horrible nightmare.
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Paulo Coelho
Brazilian Novelist
I'm not saying that love always takes you to heaven. Your life can become a nightmare. But that said, it is worth taking the risk.
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Frankie Grande
American Dancer
The party life that had once given me so much confidence and comfort had turned into a nightmare where I never felt more alone.
Quote examples
Jennifer Saunders
British Comedian
Me just being myself in public or on TV is the biggest nightmare in the world.
Quote examples
Tommy Lee Jones
American Actor
The world's not a very comfortable place if you have a nightmare to face.
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Sean Scully
American Artist
Imagine a world without art: it's George Orwell's nightmare!
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Roy Horn
German Entertainer
Dear God, let this be just a bad nightmare.
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