Canadian English Meaning of nightmare
nightmare
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Definitions and Meaning of nightmare in English
nightmare (n)
a situation resembling a terrifying dream
a terrifying or deeply upsetting dream
nightmare (n.)
A fiend or incubus formerly supposed to cause trouble in sleep.
A condition in sleep usually caused by improper eating or by digestive or nervous troubles, and characterized by a sense of extreme uneasiness or discomfort (as of weight on the chest or stomach, impossibility of motion or speech, etc.), or by frightful or oppressive dreams, from which one wakes after extreme anxiety, in a troubled state of mind; incubus.
Hence, any overwhelming, oppressive, or stupefying influence.
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nightmare
a situation resembling a terrifying dream, a terrifying or deeply upsetting dreamA fiend or incubus formerly supposed to cause trouble in sleep., A condition in
agony,hell,Horror,misery,torment,Torture,Curse,Misfortune,murder,ordeal
delight,entertainment,fun,heaven,joy,paradise,pleasure,diversion,Recreation,riot
nightman => Night watch, nightly => nightly, nightlong => all night, night-line => Night-line, night-light => night-light,
