Nightmare and Wraith

Nightmare

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

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

Nearby Word: nightmarish

Wraith noun - The soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people.

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Nightmare and wraith are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Nightmare" instead a noun "Wraith".

original	original nightmare	original wraith
many	many nightmare	many wraith
single	single nightmare	single wraith
nasty	nasty nightmare	nasty wraith
Other adjectives: terrible, murderous, titular, scary, giant.

In "The Gift", Teyla has a nightmare of a wraith standing over her bed as she sleeps.

Source: Dream Within a Dream
The Winter Soldier progresses from street level nightmare and Darth Vader Clone to the terror of the entire Western World, an immortal wraith-like figure and One-Man Army who induces pants crapping levels of terror from just about anyone who hears of the possibility that he might be around.

Source: Adaptational Badass / Fan Fiction
Nightmare Fuel Coloring Book: Wraith's journal, containing gruesome depictions of murdered children, complete with pictures, coloured with much detail with crayons.

Source: Literature / Shaman Blues

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