bad dream

noun

: a dream that is scary or upsetting : nightmare

Scary movies always give me bad dreams.

Examples of bad dream in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

What would have been a bad dream for many was a massive win for the Florida wildlife experts who discovered a 7-foot-wide, 500-lb. pile of invasive Burmese pythons. —Chris Barilla, Peoplemag, 19 Mar. 2024

Sonia was to create a positive ending for a bad dream and practice it daily. —Ingrid Wickelgren, Scientific American, 20 Feb. 2024

Sometimes, being the only student in a school feels like a bad dream, a nightmare even. —Vulture, 15 Nov. 2023

With political pressures increasing, brand boycotts multiplying, and the 2024 campaign bearing down on the board room like a bad dream, what are sensible CEOs from left, right, and center to do? Depolarize, comes the answer from a growing cast of civic entrepreneurs stirred to action. —Tucker Eskew, Fortune, 19 July 2023

Gordon’s movies were as stone-faced and indelible as a bad dream. —Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 5 May 2023