"nightmarish" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-nightmarish.wav Forms: more nightmarish [comparative], most nightmarish [superlative]
Etymology: From nightmare + -ish. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|nightmare|ish}} nightmare + -ish Head templates: {{en-adj}} nightmarish (comparative more nightmarish, superlative most nightmarish)
  1. Resembling a nightmare. Synonyms: nightmarey, nightmary, nightmarelike, nightmarious Derived forms: nightmarishly, nightmarishness Translations (resembling a nightmare): premsonĝa (Esperanto), painajalik (Estonian), košmaarne (Estonian), painajaismainen (Finnish), cauchemardesque (French), albtraumhaft (German), alptraumhaft (German), albtraumartig (German), alptraumartig (German), εφιαλτικός (efialtikós) (Greek), da incubo (Italian), murgains [masculine] (Latvian), košmariškos (Lithuanian), koszmarny [masculine] (Polish), pesadelar (Portuguese), more commonly “to be nightmarish” → “ser um pesadelo” (Portuguese), кошма́рный (košmárnyj) [masculine] (Russian), pesadillesco (Spanish), apesadillado (Spanish), mardrömslik (Swedish), mardrömsaktig (Swedish), kojmarasümik (Volapük)
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