nightmare

US /ˈnaɪtˌmɛr/

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UK /ˈnaɪtmeə(r)/

A2
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noun

  • Frightening, difficult or displeasing experience
  • Frightening or upsetting dream while sleeping

Examples

I have nightmares about drowning.

the nightmare scenario of mass unemployment The writer evokes a nightmare vision of a future on a polluted planet.