Nightmare and Trauma

Nightmare

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

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

Nearby Word: nightmarish

Trauma noun - An emotional wound or shock often having long-lasting effects.

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Nightmare and trauma are semantically related in disturbance topic. Sometimes you can use "Nightmare" instead a noun "Trauma".

Nearby Words: traumatic, traumatize

long	long nightmare	long trauma
complete	complete nightmare	complete trauma
nasty	nasty nightmare	nasty trauma
real	real nightmare	real trauma
Other adjectives: massive, intense, little, terrible, horrible, dark, permanent, worst, horrific, worse.

And so does Painkiller, where cheats are locked out on the two highest difficulty levels, Nightmare and Trauma.

Source: No Fair Cheating
Harder Than Hard - two hidden difficulty levels (Nightmare and Trauma) Hell - The last level of the original; The earlier ones are actually Purgatory.

Source: Video Game / Painkiller
Rosette has a nightmare at the start of the Darkest Hour that serves to recap some of the trauma she's been through as well as gives a clear idea of her psychological state.

Source: Nightmare Sequence

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