nightmary

nightmary

English

Alternative forms

• nightmarey

Etymology

nightmare +‎ -y

Adjective

nightmary (comparative more nightmary, superlative most nightmary)

1. Characterized by, beset by, or resembling, nightmares.
   • 1917, Neville Chamberlain, in a letter to his wife

     I am very well in spite of a restless and nightmary night. I kept dreaming about the Lord Mayoralty and seeing Brooks' bald head in my seat and half awake kept wishing and wishing I were back again.

Synonyms

• nightmarish