Nightmare and Prophecy

Nightmare

Nightmare noun - A situation or state that causes great suffering and unhappiness.

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Prophecy and nightmare are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Prophecy" instead a noun "Nightmare".

Nearby Word: nightmarish

Prophecy noun - A declaration that something will happen in the future.

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Nightmare and prophecy are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Nightmare" instead a noun "Prophecy".

full	full nightmare	full prophecy
standard	standard nightmare	standard prophecy
original	original nightmare	original prophecy
true	true nightmare	true prophecy
Other adjectives: single, nasty, actual, real, confused, horrible, apocalyptic, strange, last, previous, aforementioned, creepy, eponymous.

Acid Reflux Nightmare: Brambleclaw originally thinks his prophecy dream was one of these.

Source: Literature / Warrior Cats
Prophecies Are Always Right: Much to Sunset's surprise, the prophecy about Nightmare Moon which Twilight got out of an old storybook is actually true.

Source: Fanfic / The Witch of the Everfree
The Man Who Saw Tomorrow - a documentary-style movie about Nostradamus' predictions, narrated by Orson Welles is terrifying, especially when it comes to the infamous "King of Terror" prophecy and was huge Nightmare Fuel for 1980s viewers.

Source: Nightmare Fuel / Other

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