English-Thai Dictionary

nightmare

N ฝันร้าย  ฝัน น่ากลัว  bad dream horror fab-rai

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

NIGHTMARE

Night "mare `, n. Etym: [Night + mare incubus. See Mare incubus. ]

 

1. A fiend or incubus formerly supposed to cause trouble in sleep.

 

2. A condition in sleep usually caused by improper eating or by digestive or nervous troubles, and characterized by a sense of extreme uneasiness or discomfort (as of weight on the chest or stomach, impossibility of motion or speech, etc. ), or by frightful or oppressive dreams, from which one wakes after extreme anxiety, in a troubled state of mind; incubus. Dunglison.

 

3. Hence, any overwhelming, oppressive, or stupefying influence.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

nightmare

night mare |ˈnītˌme (ə )r ˈnaɪtˌmɛ (ə )r | ▶noun a frightening or unpleasant dream: I had nightmares after watching the horror movie. • a terrifying or very unpleasant experience or prospect: the nightmare of racial hatred | an astronaut's worst nightmare is getting detached during an extravehicle activity. • a person, thing, or situation that is very difficult to deal with: buying wine can be a nightmare if you don't know enough about it. ORIGIN Middle English (denoting a female evil spirit thought to lie upon and suffocate sleepers ): from night + Old English mære ‘incubus. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

nightmare

night |mare |ˈnʌɪtmɛː | ▶noun 1 a frightening or unpleasant dream. 2 a very unpleasant or frightening experience or prospect: the nightmare of racial hatred | developing thunderclouds are a balloonist's worst nightmare. • a person or situation that is very difficult to deal with: buying wine can be a nightmare if you don't know enough about it. ORIGIN Middle English (denoting a female evil spirit thought to lie upon and suffocate sleepers ): from night + Old English mære ‘incubus ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

nightmare

nightmare noun 1 she woke from a nightmare: bad dream, night terrors; archaic incubus. 2 the journey was a nightmare: ordeal, trial, torment, horror, hell, misery, agony, torture, murder; curse, bane.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

nightmare

nightmare noun 1 she had woken from a nightmare: bad dream, night terrors; archaic incubus; rare ephialtes. 2 the long journey home was a nightmare | paperwork is most farmers' nightmare: ordeal, horror, torment, trial; burden, curse, bane, bogey, pet hate, dread, phobia; hell, purgatory, misery, agony, torture, murder; French bête noire.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

nightmare

night mare /náɪtmèə r /〖night (夜 )mare (悪霊 )〗名詞 複 ～s /-z /C 1 «…についての » 悪夢 , 恐ろしい夢 «about » ▸ have [╳dream ] (recurring ) nightmares 悪夢を (何度も )見る 2 ｟くだけた話 ｠〖通例単数形で 〗悪夢のような 経験 [状況 ]; (懸念される )恐ろしい出来事 ; やっかいな人 [事 ]; 〖名詞 の前で形容詞的に 〗最悪の, 恐ろしい 〈状況 出来事など 〉▸ “How was your date yesterday? ” “It was my worst [a complete, a real ] nightmare !”「昨日のデートはどうだったの 」「もう最悪だったわ 」▸ the nightmare scenario 悪夢のシナリオ, (想定されうる )最悪の状況 3 ｟古 ｠夢魔 （むま ）〘睡眠中の人を窒息させるとされる悪霊 〙.