nightfrights

Noun

nightfright (countable and uncountable, plural nightfrights)

1. (uncountable) Fear of the night, nyctophobia, noctophobia
   • Though we have had stage windows before, and by the thousands, I don't think I have ever seen this particular use made of them: the sense of air, of nightfright beyond the walls, of extended dimension is so palpable that you believe in the continuing world past the leaded-glass door, half-imagine...1973, The New York Times Theater Reviews, volume 11, page 258

   Synonyms:

   nightfear

2. (countable) A terror or fright typically occurring at night.
   • In the warm light she looked like a little girl who has suffered a night-fright.1929, Dale Collins, Idolaters, page 243

   Synonyms:

   nightmare