as in horrors
a situation or state that causes great suffering and unhappiness
that 20-page exam was a nightmare
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Recent Examples of nightmares
The combination of DePrimeo and Rotondi simply overpowered Masco (3-1), and that duo is bound to cause nightmares for opposing lines all season.
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Justin Barrasso, Boston Herald, 27 Sep. 2025
Having your mouth taped shut is the stuff of nightmares — but some people are doing just that to themselves.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2025
Her funhouse pulses with neon nightmares.
—Meredith G. White, AZCentral.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Service dogs can help people with PTSD by waking them during nightmares.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
The Grimoire unleashes a series of nightmares that feel like flashbacks that a group of teen campers could never have.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
Wedding Dashers features a maid of honor and best man forced to hurdle relentless transportation nightmares together to make it from London to Belfast in time for their dearests’ nuptials.
—Jamie Harrow, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
But now the company is in bankruptcy, and winners’ dreams have turned into nightmares.
—Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025
Symptoms include high anxiety, avoidance of reminders of the trauma, emotional numbness, hypervigilance, frequent intrusive memories of trauma, nightmares and flashbacks.
—Arash Javanbakht, The Conversation, 15 Sep. 2025
Justin Barrasso, Boston Herald, 27 Sep. 2025
Having your mouth taped shut is the stuff of nightmares — but some people are doing just that to themselves.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2025
Her funhouse pulses with neon nightmares.
—Meredith G. White, AZCentral.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Service dogs can help people with PTSD by waking them during nightmares.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
The Grimoire unleashes a series of nightmares that feel like flashbacks that a group of teen campers could never have.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
Wedding Dashers features a maid of honor and best man forced to hurdle relentless transportation nightmares together to make it from London to Belfast in time for their dearests’ nuptials.
—Jamie Harrow, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
But now the company is in bankruptcy, and winners’ dreams have turned into nightmares.
—Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025
Symptoms include high anxiety, avoidance of reminders of the trauma, emotional numbness, hypervigilance, frequent intrusive memories of trauma, nightmares and flashbacks.
—Arash Javanbakht, The Conversation, 15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nightmares
Noun
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In the space of two years Neon has boarded four films by Oz Perkins, including box office hit Longlegs, The Monkey, and upcoming horrors The Keeper and The Young People.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
28 Sep. 2025
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Despite Atsu’s scary reputation and the horrors of its world, Yōtei is softer and more sensitive than Tsushima.—
Alyssa Mercante,
Rolling Stone,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Former Jews deemed insufficiently converted faced the Spanish Inquisition’s tortures.—
David Bloom,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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But current virus variants continue to spread burning throats, fevers and other miseries.—
Grant Stringer,
Mercury News,
8 Sep. 2025
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Task begins by setting up the parallels between Tom and Robbie, two flawed men trying to keep their heads above the water of their own miseries, cutting back and forth between their routines to emphasize their similar ideologies and spontaneities.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Nightmares.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nightmares. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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