terrible nightmare

collocation in English

meaningsofterribleandnightmare

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terrible
adjective
uk
/ˈter.ə.bəl/us
/ˈter.ə.bəl/
very unpleasant or serious or of ...
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nightmare
noun[C]
uk
/ˈnaɪt.meər/us
/ˈnaɪt.mer/
a very upsetting or ...
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(Definition ofterribleandnightmarefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It was an invasion which has proved aterriblenightmarefor those who have participated in it.
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They have never known theterriblenightmarewith which we are afflicted in the mining areas and shipbuilding yards.
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In an allegory, he compared ending one's life, when subject to great suffering, to waking up from sleep when experiencing aterriblenightmare.
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It seems like a simple case but it soon escalates into aterriblenightmare.
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Arthur wakes from aterriblenightmaresense something bad is happening in the storm.
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As a crowd of infuriated women prepares to flog him into a quivering bowl of jelly, he awakens to find it was all aterriblenightmare.
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These verbal obscenities affected me more than anything else and created terrible nightmares.
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However, they soon fall asleep and have terrible nightmares, and after they awake, they experience guilt and shame for the first time.
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Many of the boys fall ill and have terrible nightmares.
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Tracy has constant terrible nightmares.
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