Meaning of frightmare | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Someone or something extremely unattractive.
   informal
2. An extremely unpleasant and frightening experience.

Examples

“Try and stick to only a few decorative elements, not a 'more is more' frightmare.”

“It's a Dali-esque frightmare of liquescent forms, a pseudo-organic samplescape congested with scrofulous sound tentacles and slithery slimeshapes.”

“'A cuddly six and a half. Yummier than that Wednesday Addams lookalike Günter's also taken on. Frightmare or what?'”

“Yes, that must have been the way it had happened, Gibby decided — just one long frightmare, part of it filmed in this bedroom.”

“Wednesday morning, Jamie was pacing back and forth in the small kitchen when she decided that she didn't want to be alone after last night's frightmare.”

“I sure hope so, I think nervously—because between my too tight costume, this too tight dressing room, and High Priestess Abala's too spooky Vampire Spell, this whole thing is turning into a New York frightmare!”

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