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frightmares

frightmares is the plural of frightmare.

Meaning of frightmare

Noun

frightmare (plural frightmares)

  1. (informal) Someone or something extremely unattractive.
    • Try and stick to only a few decorative elements, not a 'more is more' frightmare.2011, Camilla Morton, A Year in High Heels, →ISBN
  2. An extremely unpleasant and frightening experience.
    • Yes, that must have been the way it had happened, Gibby decided — just one long frightmare, part of it filmed in this bedroom.1974, Fritz Leiber, The book of Fritz Leiber, page 17

Questions about frightmares

What is frightmares the plural of?
Frightmares is the plural of frightmare.

Words near frightmares in the dictionary

  1. frighting
  2. frightings
  3. frightless
  4. frightly
  5. frightmare
  6. frightmares
  7. frightment
  8. frights
  9. frightsome
  10. frightsomely
  11. frightsomeness

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