daymare

Definitions

A vivid, unpleasant mental image, having the characteristics of a nightmare, during wakefulness.

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Examples

“What walks I took alone, down muddy lanes, in the bad winter weather, carrying that parlor, and Mr. and Miss⟳ Murdstone in it, everywhere: a monstrous load⟳ that I was obliged to bear⟳, a daymare that there was no possibility of breaking in, a weight that brooded on my wits, and blunted them!”

“Sometimes I can't help⟳ but feel⟳ helpless / I'm havin' daymares in daytime wide awake⟳ try⟳ to relate⟳ / This can't be happenin' like⟳ I'm in a dream⟳ while I'm walkin' / Cause what I'm seein is hauntin', human beings like⟳ ghost and zombies”

““Bobbie Nell, that bird just wants to get⟳ out of your house. He's trapped in a bird nightmare.” “You're all nightmares! And I'm about to be your nightmare and your daymare.””

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