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nightmary

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Characterized by, beset by, or resembling, nightmares.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1917, Neville Chamberlain, in a letter to his wife I am very well in spite of a restless and nightmary night. I kept dreaming about the Lord Mayoralty and seeing Brooks' bald head in my seat and half awake kept wishing and wishing I were back again.

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From nightmare + -y.