nightmare

night·mare  (ntmâr)

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.

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[Middle English, a female demon that afflicts sleeping people : night, night; see night + mare, goblin (from Old English; see mer- in Indo-European roots).]

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nightmarish adj.

nightmarish·ly adv.

nightmarish·ness n.

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nightmare [ˈnaɪtˌmɛə]

n

1. a terrifying or deeply distressing dream

2.

a.  an event or condition resembling a terrifying dream the nightmare of shipwreck

b.  (as modifier) a nightmare drive

3. a thing that is feared

4. (Myth & Legend / European Myth & Legend) (formerly) an evil spirit supposed to harass or suffocate sleeping people

[C13 (meaning: incubus; C16: bad dream): from night + Old English mare, mære evil spirit, from Germanic; compare Old Norse mara incubus, Polish zmora, French cauchemar nightmare]

nightmarish  adj

nightmarishly  adv

nightmarishness  n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	nightmare - a situation resembling a terrifying dream incubus situation - a complex or critical or unusual difficulty; "the dangerous situation developed suddenly"; "that's quite a situation"; "no human situation is simple"
	2.	nightmare - a terrifying or deeply upsetting dream dream, dreaming - a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep; "I had a dream about you last night"

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nightmare

noun

1. bad dream, hallucination, night terror Jane did not eat cheese because it gave her nightmares.

2. ordeal, trial, hell, horror, torture, torment, tribulation, purgatory, hell on earth My years in prison were a nightmare.

Translations

nightmare [ˈnaɪtmɛəʳ]

A. N (also fig) → pesadilla f
to be sb's worst nightmare → ser la peor pesadilla de algn

B. CPD nightmare scenario N a hung parliament would be the nightmare scenario for the market → el peor panorama para el mercado sería un parlamento en el cual ningún partido tiene la mayoría absoluta

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nightmare [ˈnaɪtmɛə^r]

n

(= bad dream) → cauchemar m
to have a nightmare → faire un cauchemar
I still have nightmares about the attack
BUT Cette agression me donne encore des cauchemars.

(= unpleasant or annoying situation) → cauchemar m
It was a real nightmare! → Ça a été un vrai cauchemar!
The bus journey was a nightmare → Le trajet en bus a été un vrai cauchemar.

modif [journey] → cauchemardesque; [vision] → de cauchemar, cauchemardesque
nightmare scenario n → scénario m catastrophe
night-night [ˌnaɪtˈnaɪt] excl → bonne nuit
night out n
girls' night out → soirée f entre filles
boys' night out → soirée f entre garçons
night owl n → couche-tard mf inv
night porter n → gardien m de nuit
night safe n → coffre m de nuit
night school n → cours mpl du soir
to go to night school → prendre des cours du soir

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nightmare

n (lit, fig) → Albtraum m, → Alptraum m; to suffer from nightmares → Albträume haben (over, about wegen); that was a nightmare of a journey → die Reise war ein Albtraum; nightmare scenario → eine Albtraum- or Schreckensvision

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nightmare [ˈnaɪtˌmɛəʳ] n → incubo

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nightmare [ˈnaɪtˌmɛəʳ] n → incubo

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nightmare → كابوس noční můra mareridt Alptraum εφιάλτης pesadilla painajainen cauchemar noćna mora incubo 悪夢 악몽 nachtmerrie mareritt koszmar pesadelo кошмар mardröm ฝันร้าย karabasan cơn ác mộng 噩梦