I had a nightmare.
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Nightmare
//ˈnaɪt.mɛə//
Synonyms for "nightmare" (63 found)
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Closest matches (13)
Strong matches (19)
Related words (31)
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3 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
15 entriesderived from
1 entriesis a
5 entriesrelated to
15 entriesTranslations
237 translations across 119 languages.
Afrikaans
3 entries- nagmerrie noun (dream)
- nagmerrie noun (experience)
- nagvrees noun (dream)
Albanian
1 entries- ankth noun (dream)
Amharic
1 entries- ቅዠት noun (dream)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ἐφιάλτης noun (demon)
- ἐφιάλτης noun (dream)
Arabic
4 entries- كابوس noun (dream)
- كابوس noun (dream)
- كابوس noun (dream)
- كَابُوس noun (dream)
Aramaic
1 entries- ܟܒܘܫܐ noun (dream)
Armenian
2 entries- մղձավանջ noun (dream)
- մղձավանջ noun (experience)
Asturian
2 entries- pesadiella noun (dream)
- velea noun (dream)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- kabus noun (dream)
- kabus noun (experience)
- qara-qura noun (demon)
- qara-qura noun (dream)
Basque
1 entries- amesgaizto noun (dream)
Belarusian
1 entries- кашма́р noun (dream)
Bengali
2 entries- কুস্বপ্ন noun (dream)
- দুঃস্বপ্ন noun (dream)
Bulgarian
2 entries- кошма́р noun (dream)
- кошмар noun (experience)
Burmese
2 entries- ခြောက်အိပ်မက်တခု noun (dream)
- အိပ်မက်ဆိုး noun (dream)
Catalan
1 entries- malson noun (dream)
Central Huishui Hmong
1 entries- npau suav phem noun (dream)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- خەوی ناخۆش noun (dream)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎠᏟᎩᎠ noun (dream)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 噩夢 /噩梦 noun (dream)
- 夢魘 /梦魇 noun (dream)
- 惡夢 /恶梦 noun (dream)
Corsican
3 entries- sonniacciu noun (dream)
- sugnacciu noun (dream)
- sunniacciu noun (dream)
Czech
2 entries- noční můra noun (dream)
- noční můra noun (experience)
Danish
3 entries- mare noun (demon)
- mareridt noun (dream)
- mareridt noun (experience)
Divehi
1 entries- ބިރުވެރި ހުވަފެން noun (dream)
Doteli
1 entries- बहलो noun (dream)
Dutch
1 entries- nachtmerrie noun (dream)
Esperanto
4 entries- koŝmaro noun (dream)
- premsonĝo noun (dream)
- sonĝaĉo noun (dream)
- travivaĉo noun (experience)
Estonian
2 entries- košmaar noun (dream)
- õudusunenägu noun (dream)
Faroese
1 entries- marra noun (dream)
Finnish
4 entries- ajajainen noun (demon)
- mara noun (demon)
- painajainen noun (demon)
- painajainen noun (dream)
French
4 entries- cauchemar noun (dream)
- cauchemar noun (experience)
- mauvais rêve noun (dream)
- tourment noun (experience)
Friulian
1 entries- čhalčhut noun (dream)
Galician
2 entries- pesadelo noun (dream)
- tardo noun (demon)
Georgian
2 entries- კოშმარი noun (dream)
- მაჯლაჯუნა noun (dream)
German
4 entries- Albdruck noun (dream)
- Albtraum noun (dream)
- Albtraum noun (experience)
- Alptraum noun (dream)
Greek
4 entries- βραχνάς noun (demon)
- εφιάλτης noun (dream)
- εφιάλτης noun (experience)
- μόρα noun (demon)
Gujarati
2 entries- ઓથાર noun (dream)
- દુઃસ્વપ્ન noun (dream)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- kochma noun (dream)
Hausa
1 entries- mafarki mai ban tsoro noun (dream)
Hawaiian
1 entries- moehewa noun (dream)
Hebrew
1 entries- סִיּוּט noun (dream)
Hindi
4 entries- आल-जंजाल noun (dream)
- काबूस noun (dream)
- कुस्वप्न noun (dream)
- दुःस्वप्न noun (dream)
Hungarian
3 entries- lidércnyomás noun (dream)
- rémálom noun (dream)
- rémálom noun (experience)
Icelandic
3 entries- hryllingur noun (experience)
- martröð noun (dream)
- martröð noun (experience)
Ido
1 entries- koshmaro noun (dream)
Indonesian
1 entries- mimpi buruk noun (dream)
Interlingua
1 entries- incubo noun (dream)
Irish
1 entries- tromluí noun (dream)
Italian
3 entries- brutto sogno noun (dream)
- incubo noun (dream)
- incubo noun (experience)
Iu Mien
1 entries- maaix noun (dream)
Japanese
2 entries- 悪夢 noun (dream)
- 悪夢 noun (experience)
Javanese
1 entries- ngipi elek noun (dream)
Kannada
1 entries- ದುಃಸ್ವಪ್ನ noun (dream)
Kazakh
3 entries- жаман түс noun (dream)
- шатасқан түс noun (dream)
- қорқынышты түс noun (dream)
Khmer
2 entries- ទុសុបិន noun (dream)
- សប្តិអាក្រក់ noun (dream)
Korean
1 entries- 악몽 noun (dream)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- коркунучтуу жаман түш noun (dream)
Ladin
2 entries- strassomech noun (dream)
- trota noun (dream)
Lao
1 entries- ຝັນຮ້າຍ noun (dream)
Latin
4 entries- incubus noun (demon)
- incubus noun (dream)
- incubō noun (demon)
- incubō noun (dream)
Latvian
1 entries- murgi noun (dream)
Lithuanian
1 entries- košmaras noun (dream)
Low German
1 entries- Alpdröm noun (dream)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- mórawa noun (dream)
Luhya
1 entries- liroro libi noun (dream)
Lushootseed
1 entries- səsaʔalitut noun (dream)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Alpdram noun (dream)
Macedonian
1 entries- кошмар noun (dream)
Malagasy
1 entries- ny nofy ratsy noun (dream)
Malay
2 entries- mimpi buruk noun (dream)
- mimpi ngeri noun (dream)
Malayalam
2 entries- പേടിസപ്നം noun (dream)
- പേടിസ്വപ്നം noun (dream)
Maltese
1 entries- ħmar il-lejl noun (dream)
Marathi
1 entries- दुःस्वप्न noun (dream)
Mongolian
1 entries- аймшиг noun (dream)
Māori
4 entries- kuku noun (dream)
- kuti noun (dream)
- moenanu noun (dream)
- moepapa noun (dream)
Nepali
1 entries- दुःस्वप्न noun (dream)
Norman
1 entries- ponserêsse noun (dream)
Northern Kurdish
4 entries- dêwê kabûs noun (demon)
- kabûs noun (demon)
- kabûs noun (dream)
- kabûs noun (experience)
Norwegian
2 entries- mareritt noun (dream)
- mareritt noun (experience)
Occitan
1 entries- cachavièlha noun (dream)
Ojibwe
2 entries- giiwanaadingwaam noun (dream)
- zegingwashi noun (dream)
Old English
4 entries- ielfādl noun (dream)
- mare noun (demon)
- nihtmare noun (demon)
- nihtmare noun (dream)
Persian
1 entries- کابوس noun (dream)
Polish
4 entries- koszmar noun (dream)
- koszmar noun (experience)
- koszmar noun (experience)
- mara noun (demon)
Portuguese
2 entries- pesadelo noun (dream)
- pesadelo noun (experience)
Punjabi
3 entries- ਉਥਾਰਾ noun (dream)
- ਕਾਬੂਸ noun (dream)
- ਹਥਿਆਰਾ noun (dream)
Romanian
2 entries- coșmar noun (dream)
- coșmar noun (experience)
Romansch
4 entries- darschalet noun (dream)
- derschalet noun (dream)
- dischariel noun (dream)
- dischöl noun (dream)
Russian
3 entries- кошма́р noun (dream)
- кошма́р noun (experience)
- стра́шный сон noun (dream)
Sanskrit
1 entries- दुःस्वप्न noun (dream)
Saraiki
1 entries- اُتَھارا noun (dream)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- mearan-cadail noun (dream)
- trom-laighe noun (dream)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- košmar noun (dream)
- noćna mora noun (dream)
- кошмар noun (dream)
- ноћна мора noun (dream)
Shan
1 entries- ၽၼ်ႁၢႆႉ noun (dream)
Sindhi
1 entries- اُٿَاڙو noun (dream)
Sinhalese
1 entries- බියකරු සිහිනය noun (dream)
Slovak
2 entries- nočná mora noun (dream)
- nočný motýľ noun (dream)
Slovene
1 entries- nočna mora noun (dream)
Spanish
4 entries- mal sueño noun (dream)
- pesadilla noun (dream)
- pesadilla noun (experience)
- suplicio noun (experience)
Sundanese
1 entries- goreng ngimpina noun (dream)
Swahili
2 entries- jinamizi noun (dream)
- jinamizi noun (experience)
Swedish
3 entries- mara noun (demon)
- mardröm noun (dream)
- mardröm noun (experience)
Tagalog
1 entries- bangungot noun (dream)
Tajik
1 entries- кобус noun (dream)
Tamil
1 entries- அமுக்கி noun (dream)
Tangut
1 entries- 𗭨𘈛 noun (dream)
Telugu
4 entries- అయిన నైట్మేర్ noun (dream)
- నైట్ మేర్ noun (dream)
- నైట్మేర్ noun (dream)
- పీడకల noun (dream)
Thai
2 entries- ฝันร้าย noun (dream)
- ฝันร้าย noun (experience)
Tibetan
1 entries- གཉིད་ལམ་འཚུབ་པོ noun (dream)
Turkish
4 entries- karabasan noun (dream)
- korkulu rüya noun (dream)
- kâbus noun (dream)
- kâbus noun (experience)
Ukrainian
1 entries- кошма́р noun (dream)
Urdu
2 entries- کابوس noun (dream)
- کسوپن noun (dream)
Uzbek
1 entries- kobus noun (dream)
Vietnamese
1 entries- ác mộng noun (dream)
Volapük
2 entries- kojmar noun (dream)
- kojmar noun (experience)
Walloon
1 entries- tchôcmwår noun (dream)
Welsh
1 entries- hunllef noun (dream)
West-Frisian
2 entries- nachtmare noun (dream)
- nachtmerje noun (dream)
Yiddish
3 entries- בײַזער חלום noun (dream)
- נייטמער noun (dream)
- קאָשמאַר noun (dream)
Yoruba
1 entries- àlákálàá noun (dream)
Sample sentences
31 total sentences available.
I feel as if I've woken up from a nightmare.
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It was a nightmare.
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Driving through that snowstorm was a nightmare.
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