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==English==
 

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# A very [[bad]] or [[frightening]] [[dream]].
#: ''I had a '''nightmare''' that I tried to run but could neither move nor breathe.''
# {{figuratively}} Any [[bad]], [[miserable]], [[difficult]] or [[terrify]]ing situation or experience that arouses [[anxiety]], [[terror]], [[agony]] or great [[displeasure]].
#: ''Cleaning up after identity theft can be a '''nightmare''' of phone calls and letters.''
# {{obsolete}} A [[demon]], often in the form of a [[goblin]], thought to [[plague]] people while they slept

===Adjectives for Nightmare===

horrifying; preposterous; fiendish; racking;
catapulting; portentous; indistinguishable;
intolerable; weird; half-vanishing; hideous;
weary; eyeless; horrible; financial; veritable.

===Verbs for Nightmare===

beset with—; conceive in—; convulse in—;
fancy in—; free from—; imagine in—; picture in—; plunge into—; sink into—; toss in
—; unloose—; —alarms; —chokes; —distresses; —settles on; —strains; —strangles;
—suffocates;  —terrifies;   —tortures;   — weighs.

===Thesaurus===
[[Dracula]], [[Frankenstein]], [[Wolf-man]], [[bad dream]], [[bogey]], [[bogeyman]], [[brown study]], [[bugaboo]], [[bugbear]], [[clawing]], [[cruciation]], [[crucifixion]], [[daydream]], [[dream]], [[fantasy]], [[fee-faw-fum]], [[frightener]], [[ghost]], [[ghoul]], [[hell]], [[hell upon earth]], [[hobgoblin]], [[holocaust]], [[holy terror]], [[horror]], [[incubus]], [[laceration]], [[lancination]], [[martyrdom]], [[monster]], [[ogre]], [[ogress]], [[passion]], [[persecution]], [[phantom]], [[pipe dream]], [[purgatory]], [[rack]], [[revenant]], [[reverie]], [[scarebabe]], [[scarecrow]], [[scarer]], [[specter]], [[succubus]], [[terror]], [[torment]], [[torture]], [[vampire]], [[vision]], [[werewolf]]

===Etymology===
[[night]] + [[mare]]

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|en-us-nightmare.ogg|Audio (US)}}
* {{IPA|/nˈaɪtmeəʳ/}}

==Translations==
{{trans-top|a very bad or frightening dream}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|ankth|xs=Albanian}}
* Arabic: {{t-|ar|كابوس|m|tr=kaabuus}}
* Armenian: {{t-|hy|մղձավանջ|tr=mġjavanǰ}}
* [[Asturian]]: [[velea]], [[pesadiella]]
* [[Basque]]: [[amesgaizto]]
* Bengali: {{Beng|[[দুঃস্বপ্ন]]}} (duḥsbapna), {{Beng|[[কুস্বপ্ন]]}} (kusbapna)
* Bosnian: {{t-|bs|noćna mora|f}}, {{t-|bs|košmar|m}}
* {{trreq|my}}
* [[Catalan]]: [[malson]] {{m}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|噩夢|sc=Hani}},  {{t-|cmn|噩梦|tr=èmèng|sc=Hani}},  {{t-|cmn|惡夢|sc=Hani}},  {{t-|cmn|恶梦|tr=èmèng|sc=Hani}}
* [[Corsican]]: [[sunniacciu]], [[sonniacciu]], [[sugnacciu]]
* Czech: {{t-|cs|noční můra|f}}
* Danish: {{t-|da|mareridt|n}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|nachtmerrie|f}}
* Esperanto: {{t-|eo|sonĝaĉo|xs=Esperanto}}
* Estonian: [[õudusunenägu]], [[košmaar]]
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|painajainen}}
* French: {{t+|fr|cauchemar|m}}, [[mauvais rêve]]
* [[Friulian]]: [[čhalčhut]]
* [[Galician]]: [[pesadelo]]
* Georgian: [[კოშმარი]] (košmari), [[მაჯლაჯუნა]] (madžladžuna)
* German: [[Albtraum]] {{m}}, [[Alptraum]] {{m}}, [[Albdruck]] {{m}} (old), [[Alpdruck]] {{m}} (old) [[Nachtmahr]]
* Greek: {{t+|el|εφιάλτης|m|tr=efiáltis}}
* [[Gujarati]]: [[દુઃસ્વપ્ન]]
* Hawaiian: [[moehewa]]
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|סיוט|m|alt=סִיּוּט|tr=siyút}}
* Hindi: {{t-|hi|दुःस्वप्न|m|tr=duḥsapn|xs=Hindi}},  {{t|hi|कुस्वप्न|m|tr=kusapn|xs=Hindi}}
* Hungarian: {{t-|hu|lidércnyomás}}, {{t|hu|rémálom}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|martröð|f}}
* Indonesian: {{t-|id|mimpi buruk|xs=Indonesian}}
* Irish: {{t-|ga|tromluí|m|xs=Irish}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|incubo|m}}, [[brutto sogno]]
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|悪夢|tr=あくむ, akumu}}
* {{trreq|kn}}
* [[Khmer]]: {{Khmr|[[សប្តិអាក្រក់]]}} (sopdteu aagrok), {{Khmr|[[ទុសុបិន]]}} (dtosobeun)
* Korean: {{t+|ko|악몽|tr=akmong|sc=Hang}} ({{t+|ko|惡夢|sc=Hani}})
* Kurdish:
*: Sorani: {{t|ku|خه‌وی ناخۆش|tr=|sc=ku-Arab}}
{{trans-mid}}
* [[Ladin]]: [[strassomech]], [[trota]]
* Latin: {{t-|la|incubus}}
* Latvian: {{t-|lv|murgi|xs=Latvian}}
* Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|košmaras|xs=Lithuanian}}
* [[Low Saxon]]: [[Alpdröm]]
* [[Lower Sorbian]]: [[mórawa]]
* [[Luhya]]: {{tø|luy|liroro libi}}
* [[Macedonian]]: [[кошмар]] {{m}}
* {{trreq|mt}}
* Maori: {{t-|mi|moepapa|xs=Maori}}, {{t-|mi|moenanu|xs=Maori}}
* Mongolian: {{t-|mn|аймшиг|tr=aymšig|sc=Cyrl|xs=Mongolian}}
* Norwegian: [[mareritt]] {{n}}
* [[Ojibwe]]: [[giiwanaadingwaam]], [[zegingwashi]]
* [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|ælfadl|alt=ælfādl|xs=Old English}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|کابوس|tr=kabus|xs=Persian}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|koszmar|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|pesadelo|m}}
* {{trreq|pa}}
* Romanian: {{t-|ro|coşmar|n}}
* Romansh: [[dischariel]], [[derschalet]], [[darschalet]], [[dischöl]], [[fulet]], [[ischier]]
* Russian: {{t+|ru|кошмар|m|tr=košmár}}
* Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|दुःस्वप्न|m|tr=duḥsvapna|xs=Sanskrit}}
* [[Saterland Frisian]]:
* [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[mearan-cadail]], [[trom-laighe]]
* Serbian:
*: Cyrillic: [[ноћна мора]] {{f}}, [[кошмар]] {{m}}
*: Roman: [[noćna mora]] {{f}}, [[košmar]] {{m}}
* Spanish: {{t-|es|pesadilla|f}}
* Swahili: [[jinamizi]] ''(noun 5/6)''
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|mardröm|c}}
* [[Tagalog]]: [[bangungot]]
* [[Tamil]]: [[அமுக்கி]] (amukki)
* [[Telugu]]: (dusswapnam)
* Thai: {{t-|th|ฝันร้าย|tr=făn ráai}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|kâbus}}
* Urdu: {{t-|ur|کابوس|m|tr=kābūs|xs=Urdu}}, {{t|ur|کسوپن|m|tr=kusapn|xs=Urdu}}
* Vietnamese: {{t|vi|ác mộng|xs=Vietnamese}}
* [[Volapük]]: {{t|vo|kojmar|xs=Volapük}}
* Welsh: {{t-|cy|hunllef|f|xs=Welsh}}
* Yiddish: [[בײַזער חלום]] (bayzer kholem) {{m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|a bad or difficult experience}}
* Armenian: {{t-|hy|մղձավանջ|tr=mġjavanǰ}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|painajainen}}
* French: {{t+|fr|cauchemar|m}}
* German: {{t+|de|Albtraum|m}}, {{t+|de|Alptraum|m}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|εφιάλτης|m|tr=efiáltis}}
* Icelandic: [[martröð]] {{f}}, [[hryllingur]] {{m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|incubo|m}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|pesadelo}}
* Romanian: {{t-|ro|coşmar|n}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|кошмар|m|tr=košmár}}
* Spanish: {{t-|es|pesadilla|f}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|jinamizi|xs=Swahili}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|kâbus}}
* [[Volapük]]: {{t|vo|kojmar}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Synonyms===
* [[incubus]]
* [[night terror]]

[[Category:Sleep]]