Synonyms for nightmare
All synonyms
Noun
1. Incubus — any bad, miserable, difficult or terrifying situation or experience that arouses anxiety, terror, agony or…
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
Any bad, miserable, difficult or terrifying situation or experience that arouses anxiety, terror, agony or great displeasure.
Cleaning up after identity theft can be a nightmare of phone calls and letters.
Related words
- Word family
- nightmarelike nightmarious nightmarish nightmary
Forms
- Plural
- nightmares → incubuses, succubuses, horrors, nightfrights…
Example sentences
- horror I thought Tom didn't enjoy watching horror movies.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| nightmare | rising | |
| horror | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- horror2
- 7 letters
- incubus
- 8 letters
- succubus
- 11 letters
- nightfright
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (horror2 = 2 syllables).