| query | If you refer to a situation as a n________, you are saying in a very emphatic way that it is irritating because it causes you a lot of trouble .If you refer to a situation as a nightmare, you are saying in a very emphatic way that it is irritating because it causes you a lot of trouble . Taking my son Peter to a restaurant was a nightmare. In practice a graduate tax is an administrative nightmare. |
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| word | nightmare |
| full-definition | noun A nightmare is a very frightening dream. All the victims still suffered nightmares. Jane did not eat cheese because it gives her nightmares. If you refer to a situation as a nightmare, you mean that it is very frightening and unpleasant . The years in prison were a nightmare. If you refer to a situation as a nightmare, you are saying in a very emphatic way that it is irritating because it causes you a lot of trouble . Taking my son Peter to a restaurant was a nightmare. In practice a graduate tax is an administrative nightmare. |
| inflections | nightmares |
| cefr-level | B2 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b2
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