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a situation or state that causes great suffering and unhappiness
that 20-page exam was a nightmare
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Recent Examples of nightmares
These conditions have taken a heavy toll on children’s mental health, with some developing symptoms such as speech problems and nervous ticks, while others have terrible nightmares and scream in their sleep.
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Katya Soldak, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Abruptly stopping the medication can cause withdrawal symptoms, including nausea, anxiety, depression, pain, dizziness, nightmares, and headaches.
—Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 19 Dec. 2024
The sorrows of motherhood become a blame game — perimenopause nightmares of extra nipples and lycanthropic hunting (as a husky, of course).
—Armond White, National Review, 13 Dec. 2024
Victims told the courts the traumatizing incidents left them with nightmares and ongoing distress.
—Olivia Rose, The Arizona Republic, 13 Dec. 2024
The more desperate the Count is to feast on Ellen, the more intense her nightmares become; resulting in the kind of eye-rolling, softly groaning fits often associated with the eroticized vampire genre.
—Leah Dolan, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
Often, clunky interfaces, confusing processes, and poor communication transform potentially positive changes into productivity nightmares.
—Jorrit De Groot, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
That can include irritability, nausea, dizziness, vomiting, nightmares, headache, and suicide ideations.
—Korin Miller, Health, 11 Dec. 2024
The Rocketman star also recalled having nightmares after being separated from his mom on a flight as a child.
—EW.com, 10 Dec. 2024
Katya Soldak, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Abruptly stopping the medication can cause withdrawal symptoms, including nausea, anxiety, depression, pain, dizziness, nightmares, and headaches.
—Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 19 Dec. 2024
The sorrows of motherhood become a blame game — perimenopause nightmares of extra nipples and lycanthropic hunting (as a husky, of course).
—Armond White, National Review, 13 Dec. 2024
Victims told the courts the traumatizing incidents left them with nightmares and ongoing distress.
—Olivia Rose, The Arizona Republic, 13 Dec. 2024
The more desperate the Count is to feast on Ellen, the more intense her nightmares become; resulting in the kind of eye-rolling, softly groaning fits often associated with the eroticized vampire genre.
—Leah Dolan, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
Often, clunky interfaces, confusing processes, and poor communication transform potentially positive changes into productivity nightmares.
—Jorrit De Groot, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
That can include irritability, nausea, dizziness, vomiting, nightmares, headache, and suicide ideations.
—Korin Miller, Health, 11 Dec. 2024
The Rocketman star also recalled having nightmares after being separated from his mom on a flight as a child.
—EW.com, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Nightmares.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nightmares. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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