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Definition of Nightmare

Nightmare
Nightmare Night"mare`, n. [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.

Meaning of Nightmare from wikipedia

- A nightmare, also known as a bad dream, is an unpleasant dream that can cause a strong emotional response from the mind, typically fear but also despair...
- The Nightmare is a 1781 oil painting by the Swiss artist Henry Fuseli. It shows a woman with her arms thrown below her, in deep sleep as she undergoes...
- Nightmare (ナイトメア, Naitomea) is a ****anese visual kei rock band formed in Sendai, Tōhoku, in 2000. It has consisted of Yomi (lead vocals), Sakito (lead...
- Nightmare Alley is a 2021 neo-noir psychological thriller film co-written and directed by Guillermo del Toro, and based on the 1946 novel of the same...
- Look up nightmare in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A nightmare is a frightening dream. Nightmare(s) or The Nightmare may also refer to: Mare (folklore)...
- Peter Pan's Neverland Nightmare is a 2025 British independent horror film written and directed by Scott Chambers. It is the third installment in The Twisted...
- The Nightmare Before Christmas (also known as Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas) is a 1993 American gothic stop motion animated musical fantasy...
- A Nightmare on Elm Street is a 1984 American supernatural slasher film written and directed by Wes Craven and produced by Robert Shaye. It is the first...
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- Furnier began a solo career that year with the concept album Welcome to My Nightmare. During his career he has sold over 50 million records. Cooper has experimented...