nightmarish
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ɪʃ adjective
resembling a nightmare, especially in being terrifying, exasperating, or the like: his nightmarish experience in a concentration camp.
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nightmare (ˈnaɪtˌmɛə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a terrifying or deeply distressing dream |
| 2. | a. an event or condition resembling a terrifying dream: the nightmare of shipwreck |
| b. (as modifier): a nightmare drive | |
| 3. | a thing that is feared |
| 4. | (formerly) an evil spirit supposed to harass or suffocate sleeping people |
| [C13 (meaning: incubus; C16: bad dream): from | |
| 'nightmarish | |
| —adj | |
| 'nightmarishly | |
| —adv | |
| 'nightmarishness | |
| —n | |
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Nightmarish
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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