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nightmare noun

  /ˈnaɪt.mɛə/ , /ˈnaɪt.mɛɚ/ , [nʌɪʔ.mɛəɹ]
  • A very bad or frightening dream. [from 19th c.]
 koszmar, zmora, mara
  • (figuratively) Any bad, miserable, difficult or terrifying situation or experience that arouses anxiety, terror, agony or great displeasure. [from 20th c.]
  • (now, chiefly, historical) A feeling of extreme anxiety or suffocation experienced during sleep; Sleep paralysis. [from 16th c.]
 koszmar
  • (now, rare) A demon or monster, thought to plague people while they slept and cause a feeling of suffocation and terror during sleep. [from 14th c.]
 mara, zmora
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