nightmare
noun
a terrifying dream in which the dreamer experiences feelings of helplessness, extreme anxiety, sorrow, etc.
nightmarishly
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a word derived from
nightmare.
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a word derived from
nightmarish.
nightmarishadjectiveresembling a nightmare, especially in being terrifying, exasperating, or the like.
Example Sentences
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It did not start well for them and it finished nightmarishly but in between they had good moments and a handsome lead before their demons swooped and destroyed them.
From BBC ● Dec. 30, 2022
The film’s first two acts follow Wetzler and Rosenberg as they disappear from sight and hide for days in a nightmarishly claustrophobic, plank-covered ditch awaiting their best chance to break out of the camp.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2021
But with each foray, it became clearer that the planet was nightmarishly ill suited for future human exploration.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 17, 2021
The recording process was nightmarishly complicated, and not just because of Wi-Fi failures and video freezes.
From New York Times ● Oct. 30, 2020
A vault of stars hangs overhead; the collective breath of the cadets mingles slowly, nightmarishly above the courtyard.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
