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benightmare
benightmare v. 
/biˈnaɪtˌmɛ(ə)r/
Brit. /bᵻˈnʌɪtmɛː/
, /bᵻˈnʌɪtmɛː/U.S. /bəˈnaɪtˌmɛ(ə)r/
, /bəˈnaɪtˌmɛ(ə)r//biˈnaɪtˌmɛ(ə)r/ΘΠ
the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being eerie > be eerie [verb (transitive)] > terrify as a hag or nightmare
hag1598
benightmare1820
1820 J. Keats Eve of St. Agnes in Lamia & Other Poems 104 All his warrior-guests..Were long be-nightmar'd.
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