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nightmares

NOUN

bad dream or experience

Synonyms

STRONGEST

dream fantasy hallucination horror ordeal vision

STRONG

fancy illusion incubus phantasm succubus torment trial tribulation

Antonyms

STRONGEST

actuality fact pleasure reality truth

STRONG

certainty happiness peace

WEAK

daymare

Example Sentences

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It would be the season of nightmares for Spurs to suffer relegation as Arsenal are crowned champions, having not won the top-flight title themselves since 1961.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

But these same strange, delicate, leggy arthropods also haunt our nightmares.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Northern Territory Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro said the girl's death was the realisation of "our worst nightmares".

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

"He was just at my kitchen door talking about nightmares while me and my daughter were just sat in the living room writing Christmas cards and watching Christmas TV," said the victim's mother.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

And will I ever stop having nightmares about my parents?

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman