Nightmare Definition & Meaning | Bay Area Crosswords

About The Word Nightmare

Learn about the word Nightmare to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Nightmare definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.

Nightmare

Nightmare Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Nightmare? [n] a terrifying or deeply upsetting dream [n] a situation resembling a terrifying dream Synonyms \| Synonyms for Nightmare: incubus Related Terms \| Find terms related to Nightmare: bad dream \| bogey \| bogeyman \| brown study \| bugaboo \| bugbear \| clawing \| cruciation \| crucifixion \| daydream \| Dracula \| dream \| fantasy \| fee-faw-fum \| Frankenstein \| frightener \| ghost \| ghoul \| hell \| hell upon earth \| hobgoblin \| holocaust \| holy terror \| horror \| incubus \| laceration \| lancination \| martyrdom \| monster \| ogre \| ogress \| passion \| persecution \| phantom \| pipe dream \| purgatory \| rack \| revenant \| reverie \| scarebabe \| scarecrow \| scarer \| specter \| succubus \| terror \| torment \| torture \| vampire \| vision \| werewolf \| Wolf-man See Also \| dream \| dreaming \| situation \| state of affairs Nightmare In Webster's Dictionary \Night"mare`\, n. [Night + mare incubus. See {Mare} incubus.] 1. A fiend or incubus formerly supposed to cause trouble in sleep. 2. 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. --Dunglison. 3. Hence, any overwhelming, oppressive, or stupefying influence.

Nightmare Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Nightmare?

[n] a terrifying or deeply upsetting dream
[n] a situation resembling a terrifying dream

Synonyms | Synonyms for Nightmare: incubus

See Also | dream | dreaming | situation | state of affairs

Nightmare In Webster's Dictionary

\Night"mare`\, n. [Night + mare incubus. See {Mare}
incubus.]
1. A fiend or incubus formerly supposed to cause trouble in
   sleep.

2. 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. --Dunglison.

3. Hence, any overwhelming, oppressive, or stupefying
   influence.

More Crossword Puzzle Words

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Cross Word Of The Day

Organic compound ‐ any compound of carbon and another…
Layup ‐ a basketball shot made with one hand from a position under or…
Teeming with(p) ‐ filled to overflowing with a vast number of moving or especially…
Freestanding ‐ standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything; "a…
Cote d'ivoire ‐ a republic in western Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; one of the…
Sphacele calycina ‐ California plant with woolly stems and leaves and large white…
Fan tracery ‐ the carved tracery on…
Apatura ‐ large Old World…
Hendrik verwoerd ‐ South African statesman who instituted the policy of apartheid…
Ulysses grant ‐ 18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies…