nightmare

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. A very unpleasant or frightening dream.
2. (figuratively) Any bad, miserable, difficult or terrifying situation or experience that arouses anxiety, terror, agony or great displeasure.
3. (archaic) A demon or monster, thought to plague people while they slept and cause a feeling of suffocation and terror during sleep.
4. (historical) A feeling of extreme anxiety or suffocation experienced during sleep; sleep paralysis.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To experience a nightmare.
2. (transitive) To imagine (someone or something) as in a nightmare.
3. (transitive) To trouble (someone or something), as by a nightmare.

Sinonieme

incubus

bad dream

horror

toss and turn

oneirodynia

paroniria

night-hag

goblin

riding-hag

mare

bete noire

Vertalings

pesadilla

cauchemar

incubo

Albtraum

Alptraum

nachtmerrie

pesadelo

εφιάλτης

malson

Alpdruck

mauvais rêve

Nachtmahr

angstdroom

كابوس

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈnaɪt.mɛə/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: night-mare

Geërf van Old English: *nihtmare

Verwante met Skots: nichtmare

Verwante met Nederlands: nachtmerrie

Verwante met Middle Low German: nachtmār

Verwante met Duits: Nachtmahr

In summary

From Middle English night-mare, from Old English *nihtmare, equivalent to night + mare (“evil spirit believed to afflict a sleeping person”). Cognate with Scots nichtmare and nichtmeer, Dutch nachtmerrie, Middle Low German nachtmār, German Nachtmahr.

Sinne

Their main enemy is the Nightmare Prince .