What does nightmarish mean?

nightmarish means "extremely alarming".

How many syllables are in nightmarish?

nightmarish has 3 syllables: night-mar-ish. The stress falls on "night". In IPA it is /ˈnaɪtˌmɛɹɪʃ/.

What is another word for nightmarish?

Close synonyms include bloodcurdling, hair-raising. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is nightmarish a common word?

nightmarish is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

nightmarish — meaning, pronunciation and definition

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
extremely alarming
Synonymsbloodcurdling hair-raising
Similaralarming

Questions about nightmarish

What does nightmarish mean?: nightmarish means "extremely alarming".
How many syllables are in nightmarish?: nightmarish has 3 syllables: night-mar-ish. The stress falls on "night". In IPA it is /ˈnaɪtˌmɛɹɪʃ/.
What is another word for nightmarish?: Close synonyms include bloodcurdling, hair-raising. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

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