| 单词 | nightmarish |
| 释义 | nightmarish (once / 16191 pages) adj Something nightmarish is truly horrifying, something that would show up in a bad dream. Your nightmarish day might start with a car accident on the way to school and end with a fight with your best friend. A chilling scream in the middle of the night is nightmarish, and traumatic experiences like an episode of bullying or nearly stumbling off the top of a cliff would also be nightmarish. You can also use this adjective to emphasize the unpleasantness of an experience in a slightly exaggerated way: "Ugh, that math test was absolutely nightmarish." Nightmarish things resemble nightmares, or terrifying dreams. WORD FAMILYnightmarish: nightmarishly+/nightmare: nightmares, nightmarish USAGE EXAMPLESThis was more a story of resilience, of surviving a nightmarish third quarter and finding some kind of resolve in the closing minutes. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) Yet even as one disappears, dozens of others may pop up, like a nightmarish game of Whac-a-Mole. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) Some areas of L.A. saw more than two inches of rain last week, which contributed to nightmarish conditions at Los Angeles International Airport. Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016) adj extremely alarming Syn bloodcurdling, hair-raising alarming frightening because of an awareness of danger |
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