nightmarishadj.

Brit.

/ˈnʌɪtmɛːrɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈnaɪtˌmɛrɪʃ/

Forms: 1800s– nightmareish, 1800s– nightmarish.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nightmare n., -ish suffix¹.

Etymology: < nightmare n. + -ish suffix¹.

Resembling or of the nature of a nightmare; extremely frightening; (in weakened use) dreadful, terrible.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being eerie > [adjective] > resembling a nightmare

nightmarea1821

nightmarish1834

nightmarey1851

nightmare-like1919

1834 Fraser's Mag. 10 439 That wild, disjointed, nightmareish inspiration, which seems the essence of German romanticism.

1872 C. King Mountaineering in Sierra Nevada ix After sleeping on the nightmarish brink of the falls.

1890 Athenæum 9 Aug. 189/2 The story is restrained..in tone, yet there are lurid and nightmarish touches.

1930 G. Heyer Barren Corn 150 For a moment he stood as it were outside this nightmarish party, and looked on with cool, cynical eyes.

1955 Times 13 July 9/3 There is still something extraordinary and nightmarish in the constant news of food shortages and agricultural difficulties.

1984 Which? Oct. (Car Suppl.) 19/1 Visibility nightmarish for parking; poor wiper.

Derivatives

ˈnightmarishly adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > dream > [adverb] > like or in the manner of > nightmare

nightmare-like1832

nightmarishly1891

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > excessively

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intolerable?1593

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deadlilya1843

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fiendish1861

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thunderingly1885

only too1889

nightmarishly1891

God almighty1906

Christ almighty1945

1891 Sat. Rev. 4 Apr. 425/2 It is..unspeakably and nightmarishly dull.

1934 A. Huxley Beyond Mexique Bay 249 Then, nightmarishly proliferating, appear the Pittsburgs and Birminghams, the Osakas and Calcuttas of this unhappy world.

1995 Independent 28 Dec. 10/2 Nightmarishly, the dreaded paperwork seemed to have taken control.

ˈnightmarishness n.

ΚΠ

1930 L. D. Bronshtein tr. L. Trotsky My Life xxi. 262 The peculiar prison night-silence, saturated with heavy vapors and night-marishness.

1994 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 9 Dec. c3/2 A scrim and an abundance of smoke enhance the misty nightmarishness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nightmarish
释义	nightmarishadj. Brit. /ˈnʌɪtmɛːrɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈnaɪtˌmɛrɪʃ/ Forms: 1800s– nightmareish, 1800s– nightmarish. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nightmare n., -ish suffix¹. Etymology: < nightmare n. + -ish suffix¹. Resembling or of the nature of a nightmare; extremely frightening; (in weakened use) dreadful, terrible. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being eerie > [adjective] > resembling a nightmare nightmarea1821 nightmarish1834 nightmarey1851 nightmare-like1919 1834 Fraser's Mag. 10 439 That wild, disjointed, nightmareish inspiration, which seems the essence of German romanticism. 1872 C. King Mountaineering in Sierra Nevada ix After sleeping on the nightmarish brink of the falls. 1890 Athenæum 9 Aug. 189/2 The story is restrained..in tone, yet there are lurid and nightmarish touches. 1930 G. Heyer Barren Corn 150 For a moment he stood as it were outside this nightmarish party, and looked on with cool, cynical eyes. 1955 Times 13 July 9/3 There is still something extraordinary and nightmarish in the constant news of food shortages and agricultural difficulties. 1984 Which? Oct. (Car Suppl.) 19/1 Visibility nightmarish for parking; poor wiper. Derivatives ˈnightmarishly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > dream > [adverb] > like or in the manner of > nightmare nightmare-like1832 nightmarishly1891 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > excessively cruellyc1385 overa1400 fullc1400 parlouslyc1425 mortalc1440 perilousc1440 spitefulc1450 devilish1560 pestilently1567 spitefully1567 cruel1573 parlous1575 deadly1589 intolerable?1593 fellc1600 perditlya1632 excessively1634 devilishly1635 desperate1636 woundya1639 woundlya1644 desperately1653 wicked1663 killing1672 woundily1706 wounded1753 mortally1759 dreadful1762 intolerably1768 perishing1776 tremendously1776 terrifically1777 diabolically1792 woundedly1794 thundering1809 all-firedly1833 preponderously1835 painfully1839 deadlilya1843 severely1854 furiously1856 diabolish1858 fiendish1861 demonish1867 sinfully1869 fiendishly1879 thunderingly1885 only too1889 nightmarishly1891 God almighty1906 Christ almighty1945 1891 Sat. Rev. 4 Apr. 425/2 It is..unspeakably and nightmarishly dull. 1934 A. Huxley Beyond Mexique Bay 249 Then, nightmarishly proliferating, appear the Pittsburgs and Birminghams, the Osakas and Calcuttas of this unhappy world. 1995 Independent 28 Dec. 10/2 Nightmarishly, the dreaded paperwork seemed to have taken control. ˈnightmarishness n. ΚΠ 1930 L. D. Bronshtein tr. L. Trotsky My Life xxi. 262 The peculiar prison night-silence, saturated with heavy vapors and night-marishness. 1994 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 9 Dec. c3/2 A scrim and an abundance of smoke enhance the misty nightmarishness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1834
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