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mid-nightmare

mid-nightmare adverb: during a nightmare.

Adverb

mid-nightmare (not comparable)

  1. During a nightmare.
    • His eyes were wide and scared, as if he'd woken mid-nightmare.2006, Marion Lennox, Princess of Convenience, page 82

Noun

mid-nightmare (uncountable)

  1. The middle part of a nightmare, by implication the scariest part, with no end in prospect; the state of being in a nightmare.
    • […] carries us into the region of mid-nightmare, […].1904, The Spectator, volume 92, page 537
    • Many times, I have seen your name in the paper— the detective who solves the mysteries in this sleepy little city that sometimes awakens in mid-nightmare.2008, Rosalyn Wraight, Secrets and Sins, page 84

Forms of mid-nightmare

alternative formmidnightmare

Origin of mid-nightmare

Fron mid- + nightmare.

Questions about mid-nightmare

What does mid-nightmare mean?
Mid-nightmare means during a nightmare.
What part of speech is mid-nightmare?
Mid-nightmare can be an adverb or a noun.

Words near mid-nightmare in the dictionary

  1. mid-mashie
  2. mid-mashies
  3. mid-May
  4. mid-morning
  5. mid-mornings
  6. mid-nightmare
  7. mid-November
  8. mid-nuptial
  9. mid-ocean
  10. mid-ocean ridge
  11. mid-ocean ridges

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