NIGHTMARE Synonyms

• extreme mental distress

• extreme distress of body or mind

• suffer great pains or distress

• cause emotional anguish or make miserable

• (psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic

• a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune

• fearful expectation or anticipation

• the cognitive condition of someone who understands

• painful expectation

• the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)

• a bogle or goblin; where used as a proper name, the Devil

• (golf) a score of one stroke over par on a hole

• an unidentified (and possibly enemy) aircraft

• to shoot in one stroke over par

• an imaginary monster used to frighten children

• an object of dread or apprehension

• psychological suffering

• a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need)

• extreme physical pain

• the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim

• bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship

• cause mental pain to

• fearful expectation or anticipation

• causing fear or dread or terror

• be afraid or scared of; be frightened of

• an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)

• cause fear in

• intense and profound fear

• something that inspires horror; something horrible

• intense aversion

• an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety

• sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events

• be overcome by a sudden fear

• cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic

• a ghostly appearing figure

• something existing in perception only

• an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations

• sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events

• a sudden attack of fear

• cause fear in

• cause to lose courage; to be daunted; to be scared away

• a mental representation of some haunting experience

• a ghostly appearing figure

• an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety

• a person who inspires fear or dread

• a very troublesome child

• the use of extreme fear in order to coerce people (especially for political reasons)

• the act of inspiring with fear

• an act of terrorism

• unbearable physical pain

• extreme mental distress

• intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain

• a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented

• a severe affliction

• the act of harassing someone

• torment emotionally or mentally

• treat cruelly

• subject to torture

• a male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons and to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women

• a situation resembling a terrifying dream

• someone who depresses or worries others

• a female demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping men