night·mare (n?t?mâr?)n.1. A dream arousing feelings of intense fear, horror, and distress.2. An event or experience that is intensely distressing.3. A demon or spirit once thought to plague sleeping people.[Middle English, a female demon that afflicts sleeping people : night, night; see night + mare, goblin (from Old English; see mer- in Indo-European roots).]night?mar?ish adj.night?mar?ish·ly adv.night?mar?ish·ness n.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.nightmare (?na?t?m??) n1. a terrifying or deeply distressing dream2. a. an event or condition resembling a terrifying dream: the nightmare of shipwreck. b. (as modifier): a nightmare drive. 3. a thing that is feared4. (European Myth & Legend) (formerly) an evil spirit supposed to harass or suffocate sleeping people[C13 (meaning: incubus; C16: bad dream): from night + Old English mare, mære evil spirit, from Germanic; compare Old Norse mara incubus, Polish zmora, French cauchemar nightmare] ?night?marish adj ?night?marishly adv ?night?marishness nCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014night?mare (?na?t?m??r) n. 1. a terrifying dream producing feelings of extreme fear and anxiety. 2. a condition, thought, or experience suggestive of a nightmare. 3. (formerly) a monster or evil spirit believed to oppress persons during sleep. [1250?1300; Middle English; see night, mare2] night?mar`ish, adj. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
“Waking dream”
night·mare (n?t?mâr?)n.1. A dream arousing feelings of intense fear, horror, and distress.2. An event or experience that is intensely distressing.3. A demon or spirit once thought to plague sleeping people.[Middle English, a female demon that afflicts sleeping people : night, night; see night + mare, goblin (from Old English; see mer- in Indo-European roots).]night?mar?ish adj.night?mar?ish·ly adv.night?mar?ish·ness n.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.nightmare (?na?t?m??) n1. a terrifying or deeply distressing dream2. a. an event or condition resembling a terrifying dream: the nightmare of shipwreck. b. (as modifier): a nightmare drive. 3. a thing that is feared4. (European Myth & Legend) (formerly) an evil spirit supposed to harass or suffocate sleeping people[C13 (meaning: incubus; C16: bad dream): from night + Old English mare, mære evil spirit, from Germanic; compare Old Norse mara incubus, Polish zmora, French cauchemar nightmare] ?night?marish adj ?night?marishly adv ?night?marishness nCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014night?mare (?na?t?m??r) n. 1. a terrifying dream producing feelings of extreme fear and anxiety. 2. a condition, thought, or experience suggestive of a nightmare. 3. (formerly) a monster or evil spirit believed to oppress persons during sleep. [1250?1300; Middle English; see night, mare2] night?mar`ish, adj. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.