Dictionary entry

Nightmare

Pronunciation: /ˈnʌɪtmɛː/

Pronunciation

/ˈnʌɪtmɛː/

Myanmar Meaning

(n) ထမင်းလုံးတစ္ဆေ ခြောက်ခြင်း။ အိပ်မက်ဆိုး။ မနှစ်မြိုစရာ ထိတ်လန့်စရာ အတွေ့အကြုံ။

Definition

nightmare /'naÇtmeǝ(r)/ n ၁။ ထမင္းလံုးတေစၧ ေျခာက္ျခင္း။ အိပ္မက္ဆိုး။ I have recurring nightmares about falling off a cliff. ၂။ ( infml ) မႏွစ္ၿမိဳ႕စရာ၊ ထိတ္လန္႔စရာ အေတြ႕အႀကံဳ။ 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.

Examples

  1. The journey to work was a nightmare.
  2. [nightmare of] : The company now faces the nightmare of bankruptcy.
  3. [absolute nightmare] : Heavy rain made playing conditions an absolute nightmare.
  4. [administrative/bureaucratic etc nightmare] : The new tax has been a bureaucratic nightmare.
  5. [someone’s worst nightmare] : The situation on the roads that day was every driver’s worst nightmare.
  6. [nightmare scenario] : If this computer system fails
  7. this could turn into a nightmare scenario.
  8. [nightmare about] : I still have terrible nightmares about the crash.