nightmare
A very unpleasant or frightening dreamA very unpleasant or frightening dream.
» My worst nightmare is coming true.
Mein schlimmster Alptraum bewahrheitet sich gerade.
Справджується мій найгірший кошмар.
Meaning
4 sensesA 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
(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
(historical)A feeling of extreme anxiety or suffocation experienced during sleep; sleep paralysis.
(archaic)A demon or monster, thought to plague people while they slept and cause a feeling of suffocation and terror during sleep.
Examples
385 sentencesMy worst nightmare is coming true.
Справджується мій найгірший кошмар. — deniko
deMein schlimmster Alptraum bewahrheitet sich gerade. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I had a nightmare.
Мені приснився кошмар. — deniko
ruМне приснился кошмар. — sharptoothed
deIch hatte einen Alptraum. — MUIRIEL
It was a nightmare.
Це було жахливо. — deniko
ruЭто был ночной кошмар. — odexed
deEs war ein Alptraum. — MUIRIEL
It's been a nightmare.
То був кошмар. — older
deEs war ein Alptraum. — MUIRIEL
I still have nightmares.
Мене все ще мучають кошмари. — deniko
deIch habe immer noch Albträume. — wolfgangth
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English nyghtmare, from Old English *nihtmare, equivalent to night + mare (“evFrom 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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Forms
plural: nightmares| Singular | nightmare |
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