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morningmare

noun

Etymology

Blend of morning + nightmare.

  1. inherited from *nihtmare✻
  2. inherited from nyghtmare
  3. compounded as morningmare — “morning + nightmare”

Definitions

  1. A nightmare experienced in the morning.

    • What a nightmare! Or morningmare, in this case.
    • My skin had goosebumps and my hands were damp and cold. I prayed I would never again be troubled by that—morningmare.
    • Talking of nightmares on the M1, we went to York this morning to see the St.Nik. fair. We caught the 8.08 from New Pudsey and had to stand in a packed carriage as far as Leeds. Do people actually do this every day? What a morningmare!

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA