Dread and Nightmare

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Dread

Dread noun - Suspicion or fear of future harm or misfortune.
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Nightmare and dread are semantically related in dreadful topic. In some cases you can use "Nightmare" instead a noun "Dread", when it comes to topics like horrible.
Nearby Words: dreadful, dreadfully, dreaded, dreading, dreader

Nightmare

Nightmare noun - A situation or state that causes great suffering and unhappiness.
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Dread and nightmare are semantically related in burden topic. Sometimes you can use "Dread" instead a noun "Nightmare", if it concerns topics such as dreadful, horrible.
Nearby Word: nightmarish

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complete complete dread complete nightmare
utter utter dread utter nightmare
total total dread total nightmare
endless endless dread endless nightmare
Other adjectives: true, proper, real, terrible, horrible, absolute, dark, greater, apocalyptic, greatest.

Both words in one sentence

  • Nothing Is Scarier About half way through the film, Jim has a nightmare about being alone again, and it's extremely effective at evoking that same dread as well as being heart breaking.
    Source: Nothing Is Scarier
  • Manga / Hotarubi No Mori E Nightmare Fetishist: Hotaru reacts with delight, rather than dread, when she learns that Gin is a monster, and she later gets excited when she encounters a fox spirit that initially tries to scare her.Hotaru: [after seeing the fox spirit] That's so cool!
    Source: Manga / Hotarubi No Mori E
  • One for the endgame: During the Scum and Villany Operation, Dread Master Styrak will throw a random player into a nightmare where they have to kill their own companion to escape.
    Source: Good Bad Bugs / Massively Multiplayer Online RPG
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