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A frightening or unpleasant dream

A very unpleasant or frightening experience or prospect

A phobia, usually irrational or obsessive

A difficult or very unpleasant person or thing

Imaginary events experienced during sleep

A ghostly spirit or apparition

A person, experience, or situation that is a nuisance or causes irritation

Extremely horrifying or disturbing in nature

Very objectionable, bad or unpleasant

Disturbing in nature due to references to death or dying

Inhumanly or outrageously evil or immorally wrong

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Noun

A frightening or unpleasant dream

sleep paralysis

castle in the air

figment of the imagination

smoke and mirrors

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“I had a nightmare last night where I was a serial killer and had just killed someone at my work.”

Noun

A very unpleasant or frightening experience or prospect

trials and tribulations

unpleasant experience

painful experience

uphill struggle

stroke of bad luck

tough assignment

reversal of fortune

reverse of fortune

thorn in the flesh

a difficult experience

a unpleasant experience

a frustrating experience

unfortunate incident

unfortunate experience

nightmare experience

fatal attraction

baptism of fire

unfortunateness

harsh conditions

thorn in your side

pain in the backside

pain in the rear

pain in the neck

pain in the bum

serious accident

desperate straits

impecuniousness

humble beginnings

financial distress

stroke of ill luck

tough situation

albatross around one's neck

tragic state of affairs

pushing poop uphill

up poop creak without a paddle

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“I was treated very badly. The whole experience was just a nightmare.”

Noun

A phobia, usually irrational or obsessive

irrational fear

overwhelming anxiety about

thorn in one's side

thorn in the flesh

bane of one's life

bee in your bonnet

mental disturbance

psychological block

dissatisfaction

having no use for

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Noun

A difficult or very unpleasant person or thing

Noun

Imaginary events experienced during sleep

visualisation^UK

visualization^US

mental visualization

out-of-body experience

sequence of images

figment of the imagination

conceptualization^US

conceptualisation^UK

castle in the air

smoke and mirrors

optical illusion

sneaking suspicion

flight of fancy

sleep paralysis

castles in the air

fanciful notion

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Noun

A ghostly spirit or apparition

materialisation^UK

materialization^US

familiar spirit

supernatural being

incorporeal being

fabulous creature

mythical creature

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Noun

A person, experience, or situation that is a nuisance or causes irritation

source of annoyance

pain in the bum

source of irritation

pain in the neck

pain in the backside

pain in the rear

thorn in the flesh

source of aggravation

bane of one's life

thorn in one's side

source of vexation

tiresome person

inopportuneness

burr under someone's saddle

burr in someone's saddle

cause for concern

trials and tribulations

chip on your shoulder

cause of distress

source of disruption

pain in the behind

mind-numbing experience

boring situation

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Adjective

Extremely horrifying or disturbing in nature

phantasmagorical

beyond the pale

stomach-turning

stomach-churning

demoralizing^US

demoralising^UK

unfavourable^UK

a load of pants

dishonorable^US

dishonourable^UK

blood-and-thunder

beyond contempt

heart-wrenching

highly improper

too horrible for words

indescribably bad

beyond description

indescribably wicked

indescribably evil

very disgusting

suggestive of evil

extremely upsetting

unprepossessing

anxiety provoking

earth-shattering

ill-favoured^UK

sensationalistic

not the done thing

not quite the thing

beneath contempt

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“The following is a portion of a narrative from a 33-year-old man who had a nightmare experience shortly after his arrival in the United States.”

Adjective

Very objectionable, bad or unpleasant

beyond the pale

stomach-turning

stomach-churning

very unpleasant

ill-favoured^UK

very disgusting

blood-and-thunder

strictly for the birds

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Adjective

Disturbing in nature due to references to death or dying

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Adjective

Inhumanly or outrageously evil or immorally wrong

dishonourable^UK

dishonorable^US

Mephistophelian

good-for-nothing

mephistophelean

indescribably wicked

too horrible for words

indescribably bad

beyond description

indescribably evil

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