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单词 nightmarish
释义
nightmarish
adjective
uk
/ˈnaɪt.meə.rɪʃ/us
/ˈnaɪt.mer.ɪʃ/
extremelyunpleasantand veryupsettingorfrightening:
噩梦似的，不愉快的
a nightmarishtrafficjam极度拥堵的交通
Hefeltoverwhelmedby the nightmarishscenariohefaced.面对眼前噩梦般的情景，他感到不知所措。
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nightmare
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  • Thenamestillevokesnightmarishmemoriesof theriots.
  • Thefilmcreatesa nightmarishvisionof thefuture.
  • We had a nightmarishjourneytoourholidaydestination.
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Serious and unpleasant
  • abominable
  • abominably
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  • abysmally
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  • fiendish
  • fraught
  • frightful
  • from hellidiom
  • fun
  • nasty
  • nightmarishly
  • noisome
  • not be all fun and gamesidiom
  • objectionable
  • vile
  • woeful
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(Definition ofnightmarishfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofnightmarish

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In writings of the time, the male soprano begins to be depicted as ghoulish ornightmarish, as though inhabiting a dream.
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Securing the most basic physical necessities becamenightmarishstruggles.
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Thenightmarishdescription paves the way for even more striking elemental fury also staged at night.
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The theatre of war was dotted with ridges and hills and dissected by numerous ravines,nightmarishto a conventional but ideal for a guerrilla army.
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The frequency ofnightmarishdreams with threat simulations but without considerable debilitating consequences should be higher than the frequency of such nightmares that severely disrupt sleep and cause grave insomnia.
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It is another instance of anightmarishmorass of complications brought about by excessive central government control of local authority spending.
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And of course thenightmarishcircle gets even bigger when their families are included.
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If similar arrangements were applied in respect of all 7·5 million dogs, however, the bureaucracy involved would benightmarish.
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However, let us imagine anightmarishcouncil which voted to reintroduce hanging.
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Many young prisoners have had absolutelynightmarishsocial and family experiences which have led to their imprisonment.
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I have a horrible,nightmarishfeeling that it will be the electricity company—perhaps even the electricity company taken over by the water company.
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Thenightmarishaspect continues because of the problems connected with the employers' side of the negotiations.
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At least 300 misroutings have resulted—some comic, somenightmarishand some tragic.
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It is one of the mostnightmarishsituations imaginable.
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I had the impression that he was acting like the wise father trying to sooth thenightmarishfantasies of an over-nervous child.
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