Meaning

4 senses
  1. A very unpleasant or frightening dream.

    I had a nightmare that I tried to run but could neither move nor breathe.

    Albtraum, Alptraum, Albdruck

    кошма́рkošmár, стра́шный сонstrášnyj son

    кошма́рkošmár

    a terrifying or deeply upsetting dream

  2. (figuratively)Any bad, miserable, difficult or terrifying situation or experience that arouses anxiety, terror, agony or great displeasure.

    Cleaning up after identity theft can be a nightmare of phone calls and letters.

    Albtraum, Alptraum, Nachtmahr

    кошма́рkošmár

  3. (historical)A feeling of extreme anxiety or suffocation experienced during sleep; sleep paralysis.

  4. (archaic)A demon or monster, thought to plague people while they slept and cause a feeling of suffocation and terror during sleep.

Examples

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  1. My worst nightmare is coming true.

    Справджується мій найгірший кошмар.

    deMein schlimmster Alptraum bewahrheitet sich gerade.

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  2. I had a nightmare.

    Мені приснився кошмар.

    ruМне приснился кошмар.

    deIch hatte einen Alptraum.

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  3. It was a nightmare.

    Це було жахливо.

    ruЭто был ночной кошмар.

    deEs war ein Alptraum.

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  4. It's been a nightmare.

    То був кошмар.

    deEs war ein Alptraum.

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  5. I still have nightmares.

    Мене все ще мучають кошмари.

    deIch habe immer noch Albträume.

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Translations

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Origin

From Middle English nyghtmare, from Old English *nihtmare, equivalent to night + mare (“ev

From Middle English nyghtmare, from Old English *nihtmare, equivalent to night + mare (“evil spirit believed to afflict a sleeping person”). Cognate with Scots nichtmare and nichtmeer, Dutch nachtmerrie, Middle Low German nachtmār, German Nachtmahr.

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