nightmare
/ˈnʌɪtmɛː/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈnʌɪtmɛː/
nightmare
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
nig - htmare -> nightmare
Myanmar meaning
(n) ထမင်းလုံးတစ္ဆေ ခြောက်ခြင်း။ အိပ်မက်ဆိုး။ မနှစ်မြိုစရာ ထိတ်လန့်စရာ အတွေ့အကြုံ။
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၁။ ထမင်းလုံးတစ္ဆေ ခြောက်ခြင်း။ အိပ်မက်ဆိုး။ I have recurring nightmares about falling off a cliff.
၂။ (infml ) မနှစ်မြို့စရာ၊ ထိတ်လန့်စရာ အတွေ့အကြုံ။ getting to the airport was an absolute nightmare. ❍ It's time to put the nightmare of the last ten years behind you. nightmarish /'naÇtmeǝrÇʃ/ adj : nightmarish problems.
More examples
- The journey to work was a nightmare.
- [nightmare of] : The company now faces the nightmare of bankruptcy.
- [absolute nightmare] : Heavy rain made playing conditions an absolute nightmare.
- [administrative/bureaucratic etc nightmare] : The new tax has been a bureaucratic nightmare.
- [someone’s worst nightmare] : The situation on the roads that day was every driver’s worst nightmare.
- [nightmare scenario] : If this computer system fails, this could turn into a nightmare scenario.
- [nightmare about] : I still have terrible nightmares about the crash.
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