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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