| 词汇 | nightmarish |
| 释义 | nightmarish adjective uk /ˈnaɪt.meə.rɪʃ/ us /ˈnaɪt.mer.ɪʃ/ extremely unpleasant and very upsetting or frightening: 噩梦似的，不愉快的 a nightmarish traffic jam极度拥堵的交通 He felt overwhelmed by the nightmarish scenario he faced.面对眼前噩梦般的情景，他感到不知所措。 See nightmare The name still evokes nightmarish memories of the riots. The film creates a nightmarish vision of the future. We had a nightmarish journey to our holiday destination. Serious and unpleasant abominable abominably abysmal abysmally apocalyptic fraught frightful from hellidiom fun ghastliness noxiously objectionable objectionably odious odiously unpleasantness unpretty unspeakable unspeakably unsupportable Examples of nightmarishnightmarish In writings of the time, the male soprano begins to be depicted as ghoulish or nightmarish, as though inhabiting a dream. Securing the most basic physical necessities became nightmarish struggles. The nightmarish description paves the way for even more striking elemental fury also staged at night. The theatre of war was dotted with ridges and hills and dissected by numerous ravines, nightmarish to a conventional but ideal for a guerrilla army. The frequency of nightmarish dreams 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. It is another instance of a nightmarish morass of complications brought about by excessive central government control of local authority spending. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 And of course the nightmarish circle gets even bigger when their families are included. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English If similar arrangements were applied in respect of all 7·5 million dogs, however, the bureaucracy involved would be nightmarish. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, let us imagine a nightmarish council which voted to reintroduce hanging. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many young prisoners have had absolutely nightmarish social and family experiences which have led to their imprisonment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have a horrible, nightmarish feeling that it will be the electricity company—perhaps even the electricity company taken over by the water company. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The nightmarish aspect continues because of the problems connected with the employers' side of the negotiations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At least 300 misroutings have resulted—some comic, some nightmarish and some tragic. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is one of the most nightmarish situations imaginable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I had the impression that he was acting like the wise father trying to sooth the nightmarish fantasies of an over-nervous child. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of nightmarish These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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