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nightmarish

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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.
[Middle English, a female demon that afflicts sleeping people : night, night; see night + mare, goblin (from Old English; see mer- in Indo-European roots).]
nightmarish adj.
nightmarish·ly adv.
nightmarish·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.nightmarish - extremely alarming
bloodcurdling, hair-raising
alarming - frightening because of an awareness of danger
nightmarish
adjective terrifying, frightening, disturbing, appalling, horrible, horrific, ghastly, hideous, harrowing, frightful She described a nightmarish scene of dead bodies lying in the streets.
Translations
nightmarish [ˈnaɪtmɛərɪʃ] ADJ → de pesadilla, espeluznante
nightmarish
adj → grauenhaft, albtraumhaft, alptraumhaft
nightmarish [ˈnaɪtˌmɛərɪʃ] adj → da incubo
nightmarish [ˈnaɪtˌmɛərɪʃ] adj → da incubo


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But I gave it up, and crawled into my bunk instead, boots and hat on, all standing (it did not matter; everything was soaking wet, a heavy sea having burst the poop skylights the night before), to remain in a nightmarish state between waking and sleeping for a couple of hours of so-called rest.
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Again for a time Mrs Verloc heard nothing but murmurs, whose mysteriousness was less nightmarish to her brain than the horrible suggestions of shaped words.
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Its interest in his surroundings remained of a hazy and nightmarish kind for many days together.
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