mid-nightmare

adverb

During a nightmare.

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Meanings

adverbmid-nightmare (not comparable)

alternative midnightmare

  1. not comparabletemporal locationDuring a nightmare.

    His eyes were wide and scared, as if he'd woken mid-nightmare.

    2006, Marion Lennox, Princess of Convenience, page 82
nounmid-nightmare (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe middle part of a nightmare, by implication the scariest part, with no end in prospect; the state of being in a nightmare.

    Beth awoke Monday morning in mid-nightmare.

    2009, Derek Ciccone, Painless, page 241
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    […] carries us into the region of mid-nightmare, […].

    1904, The Spectator, volume 92, page 537

    Many times, I have seen your name in the paper— the detective who solves the mysteries in this sleepy little city that sometimes awakens in mid-nightmare.

    2008, Rosalyn Wraight, Secrets and Sins, page 84

Origin

Fron mid- + nightmare.

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“mid-nightmare.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mid-nightmare. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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