Nightmare - English meaning

noun

Extreme physical or mental suffering.

Usage examples:

He crashed to the ground in agony

noun

Extreme physical or mental pain or suffering, or a period of such suffering

Usage examples:

[ u ] they put her on painkillers, but they didn’t do enough, and she was in agony.

noun

Extreme physical or mental pain or suffering

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She lay there screaming in agony., i was in an agony of suspense., we've both suffered agonies of g…

noun

A cause of great distress or annoyance.

Usage examples:

The telephone was the bane of my life

noun

Something that is particularly effective in causing you trouble or worry

Usage examples:

Instead of doing his homework, my son is always playing computer games – they’re the bane of my exi…

noun

A cause of continuous trouble or unhappiness

Usage examples:

Keeping noise levels low is the bane of airport administration., that cat is the bane of my life!

noun

A score of one stroke over par at a hole.

Usage examples:

He walked off the green with a bogey four

verb

Play (a hole) in one stroke over par.

Usage examples:

Brewer told a story about rosburg leading a tournament in portland, but then the next day bogeying …

noun

An evil or mischievous spirit.

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Bogeys and other unpleasant denizens of the night

noun

A load, typically a heavy one.

Usage examples:

And laying my heavy burden in the safe hands of the luggage compartment i went to my seat and was g…

verb

Load heavily.

Usage examples:

She walked forwards burdened with a wooden box

noun

A duty or responsibility that is hard to bear

Usage examples:

I don’t want to be a burden on my children., he was burdened with debts.

noun

A solemn utterance intended to invoke a supernatural power to inflict harm or punishment on someone or something.

Usage examples:

She'd put a curse on him

verb

An offensive word or phrase used to express anger or annoyance.

Usage examples:

At every blow there was a curse

verb

To say rude or offensive words about something or someone because you are angry

Usage examples:

[ i ] no coach is allowed to curse at or lay a hand on a player., if we don't do something about th…

verb

Anticipate with great apprehension or fear.

Usage examples:

Jane was dreading the party

noun

Great fear or apprehension.

Usage examples:

The thought of returning to london filled her with dread

adjective

Greatly feared; dreadful.

Usage examples:

He was stricken with the dread disease and died

noun

A place regarded in various religions as a spiritual realm of evil and suffering, often traditionally depicted as a place of perpetual fire beneath the earth where the wicked are punished after death.

Usage examples:

Irreligious children were assumed to have passed straight to the eternal fires of hell

exclamation

Used for emphasis or to express anger, contempt, or surprise.

Usage examples:

Oh, hell—where will this all end?

noun

(in some religions) the place where some people are believed to go after death to be punished forever for the bad things they have done

Usage examples:

Holidays are hell for me., we went through hell during the flood (= had an extremely bad experience…

noun

An intense feeling of fear, shock, or disgust.

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Children screamed in horror

noun

A strong feeling of fear, shock, or disgust, or an event that produces such a feeling

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[ c ] the horrors of war, [ u ] people cried out in horror as they watched the building burn.

noun

An extremely strong feeling of fear and shock, or the frightening and shocking character of something

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In horror the crowd cried out in horror as the car burst into flames., fill someone with horror the…

noun

A male demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women.

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The earliest literary sources have merlin as a wonder child, born of an incubus (a male demon), and…

noun

A male evil spirit who is believed to have sex with women while they are sleeping

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They are powerless to throw off the incubus of the past.

noun

A state or feeling of great physical or mental distress or discomfort.

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A man who had brought her nothing but misery

noun

Great unhappiness

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[ u ] with the rice harvest, hope is sprouting amid the misery.

noun

The unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another.

Usage examples:

The brutal murder of a german holidaymaker

verb

Kill (someone) unlawfully and with premeditation.

Usage examples:

He was accused of murdering his wife's lover

verb

Unlawful premeditated killing of a human being

noun

A very unpleasant and prolonged experience.

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The ordeal of having to give evidence

noun

An experience that is very painful, difficult, or tiring

Usage examples:

Her seven-month stay in the hospital was quite an ordeal.

noun

An extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to something.

Usage examples:

She suffered from a phobia about birds

combining form

Extreme or irrational fear or dislike of a specified thing or group.

Usage examples:

Arachnophobia

noun

(in catholic doctrine) a place or state of suffering inhabited by the souls of sinners who are expiating their sins before going to heaven.

Usage examples:

All her sins were forgiven and she would not need to go to purgatory

adjective

Having the quality of cleansing or purifying.

Usage examples:

Infernal punishments are purgatory and medicinal

noun

The place to which roman catholics believe that the spirits of dead people go and suffer for the evil acts that they did while they were alive, before they are able to go to heaven

Usage examples:

I've been on a diet for two weeks now, and it's purgatory!

noun

Severe physical or mental suffering.

Usage examples:

Their deaths have left both families in torment

verb

Cause to experience severe mental or physical suffering.

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He was tormented by jealousy

noun

Great mental or physical suffering, or something that causes such pain

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[ u ] after three days of torment, she went to a dentist., [ c ] that child acts like it’s a tormen…

noun

The action or practice of inflicting severe pain or suffering on someone as a punishment or in order to force them to do or say something.

Usage examples:

The torture of political prisoners

verb

Inflict severe pain or suffering on.

Usage examples:

Most of the victims had been brutally tortured

noun

An injury or severe mental pain

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[ c ] all drivers suffer the tortures of traffic and bad weather., [ u ] the museum has many exampl…

noun

A formal examination of evidence by a judge, typically before a jury, in order to decide guilt in a case of criminal or civil proceedings.

Usage examples:

The newspaper accounts of the trial

verb

Test (something, especially a new product) to assess its suitability or performance.

Usage examples:

Teachers all over the uk are trialling the materials

noun

The examination in a court of law of the facts of a case to decide whether a person is guilty of a crime or responsible for an injury to another person

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[ c ] a criminal/civil trial, [ u ] the case will soon go to trial (= begin)., [ u ] she must still…