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nightmarish

adjective

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adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English nightmare Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English nightmarish From nightmare + -ish.

  1. Resembling a nightmare.

    Meanwhile, the everyday landscape becomes more nightmarish and unmanageable each year.

    The dragon from under-earth, the nightmarish destroyer, lay destroyed as well, utterly without life.