Nightmare and Shade

Nightmare

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

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

Nearby Word: nightmarish

Shade noun - Partial darkness due to the obstruction of light rays.

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Nightmare and shade are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Nightmare" instead a noun "Shade".

Nearby Words: shadow, shady, shaded, shading, shad

pure	pure nightmare	pure shade
exact	exact nightmare	exact shade
standard	standard nightmare	standard shade
original	original nightmare	original shade
Other adjectives: proper, single, real, violent, intense, vivid, little, dark, giant, red.

Nightmare Fetishist: Apple Bloom briefly shows a shade when she starts getting enthusiastic over a monster attack.

Source: Recap / My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic S5 E9 "Slice of Life"
Depending on the fight it, can be any shade of conflict there, from Tali's white to Maxi's grey to Nightmare's black.

Source: Good Versus Good
The Interactive Fiction Shade, after causing almost everything in the PC's apartment to turn to sand and strongly implying that the PC is actually dying in the desert, reveals that all this horror was just a nightmare and everything is actually fine and normal.

Source: Hope Spot / Video Games

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