Words Like NIGHTMARE

We have put together a list of words that are similar to NIGHTMARE.

2 Alternative Words Similar to nightmare

1 Incubus Noun      Synonym Words Like Incubus
2 Situation Noun      Synonym Words Like Situation

8 definitions of nightmare

1 An incubus or evil spirit that oppresses people during sleep.
2 An oppressed state during sleep, accompanied by a feeling of intense fear, horror, or anxiety, or of inability to escape from some threatened danger or from pursuing phantoms or monsters. Also called incubus.
3 Any overpowering, oppressive, or stupefying influence.
4 A female demon or monster, thought to plague people while they slept and cause a feeling of suffocation and terror during sleep.
5 A very bad or frightening dream.
6 Any bad, miserable, difficult or terrifying situation or experience that arouses anxiety, terror, agony or great displeasure.
7 a situation resembling a terrifying dream
8 a terrifying or deeply upsetting dream
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