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Meaning of nightmare | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. A very unpleasant or frightening dream. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  2. Any bad, miserable, difficult or terrifying situation or experience that arouses anxiety, terror, agony or great displeasure
  3. A demon or monster, thought to plague people while they slept and cause a feeling of suffocation and terror during sleep
  4. A feeling of extreme anxiety or suffocation experienced during sleep; sleep paralysis
  5. To experience a nightmare

Translations

Español pesadilla

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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