Synonyms for nightmare
ˈnaɪtˌmɛərnight·mare

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1. nightmare, incubusnoun

   a situation resembling a terrifying dream

   Synonyms:
   incubus

2. nightmarenoun

   a terrifying or deeply upsetting dream

   Synonyms:
   incubus

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1. • Dream
   • Situation

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1. nightmarenoun

   Synonyms:
   incubus, cacodemon, succubus

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1. List of paraphrases for "nightmare":

   cabos, dream, bane

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. nightmare

   Synonyms:
   Anxiety dream, dream anxiety attack

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1. Donald Trump:

   Any senator who votes against repeal and replace is telling America that they are fine with the ObamaCare nightmare, and I predict they’ll have a lot of problems.

2. Stacey Robinault:

   Im sure you can imagine the utter devastation, it is every parents worst nightmare.

3. Ben Wikler:

   Wisconsin's election offers a nightmare vision of what the whole country could see in the fall, a fight in which The Democrats ' struggle to balance democracy with public health, and the GOP remorselessly weaponizes courts, election laws, and coronavirus itself to disenfranchise the voters who stand in its way.

4. Kendra Chapman:

   My family [ is ] very accommodating to me, but going to friends' houses, like holiday parties for instance, it's a nightmare, i usually just go and don't eat, because people don't really understand the gravity of allergies, which is unfortunate because you're in a room full of 50 people, and you're the only one not eating.

5. Lori Alhadeff:

   It is so horrific. It is so painful to find out, my daughter Alyssa, who was only 14 years old, shot eight times in her English classroom. It's a parent's worst nightmare.