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What is the noun for nightmares?

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nightmare
  1. (now rare) A female demon or monster, thought to plague people while they slept and cause a feeling of suffocation and terror during sleep.
  2. A very bad or frightening dream.
  3. (figuratively) Any bad, miserable, difficult or terrifying situation or experience that arouses anxiety, terror, agony or great displeasure.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “I had a nightmare last night where I was a serial killer and had just killed someone at my work.”
      “I was treated very badly. The whole experience was just a nightmare.”
      “Why is it when you're running late, every stop light en route to your destination turns red, and traffic is a nightmare?”
nightmarishness
  1. The state or condition of being nightmarish.
nightmares
  1. plural of nightmare
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  3. Examples:
    1. “For years, he has suffered the nightmares and the agonies that, by all rights, should be ours too.”
      “There is a lot of people that dislike the federal government, but, he just went into action beyond anyone's wildest nightmares.”
      “Now he goes to bed late because he is frightened of nightmares when he sleeps.”
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