Nightmary

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Characterized by, beset by, or resembling, nightmares.

    "1917, Neville Chamberlain, in a letter to his wife I am very well in spite of a restless and nightmary night. I kept dreaming about the Lord Mayoralty and seeing Brooks' bald head in my seat and half awake kept wishing and wishing I were back again."

Synonyms

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nightmarish

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"1917, Neville Chamberlain, in a letter to his wife I am very well in spite of a restless and nightmary night. I kept dreaming about the Lord Mayoralty and seeing Brooks' bald head in my seat and half awake kept wishing and wishing I were back again."

Etymology

From nightmare + -y.

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