nightmare

nightmare is a 9-letter English word with 5 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A fiend or incubus formerly supposed to cause trouble in sleep. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 17 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A fiend or incubus formerly supposed to cause trouble in sleep.
2. noun. A condition in sleep usually caused by improper eating or by digestive or nervous troubles, and characterized by a sense of extreme uneasiness or discomfort (as of weight on the chest or stomach, impossibility of motion or speech, etc.), or by frightful or oppressive dreams, from which one wakes after extreme anxiety, in a troubled state of mind; incubus.
3. noun. Hence, any overwhelming, oppressive, or stupefying influence.
4. noun. a terrifying or deeply upsetting dream
5. noun. a situation resembling a terrifying dream

   Synonyms: incubus

Synonyms

incubus

Common word forms

nightmares

Words from these letters

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