Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nightmarious

/ˌnaɪtˈmɛɹi.əs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: night-mar-i-ous
IPA: /ˌnaɪtˈmɛɹi.əs/

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having the qualities of a nightmare.

Example Sentences

"And they fell in showers from the purple bougainvillaea which trailed its length over the wrought arch above the gate, of which one half swung back by the hand of the biggest, blackest man ever dreamed of in nightmarious slumber."
"It was a nightmarious experience."

Etymology

From nightmare + -ious.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: nightmare

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌnaɪtˈmɛɹi.əs/
British English: /ˌnaɪtˈmɛəɹi.əs/

Inflected Forms

more nightmarious (comparative) most nightmarious (superlative)

Synonyms

nightmarish

Rhymes With

omnivicarious solitarious noncalcareous corneo-calcareous noncarious librarious lampadarius howlarious duplicarius nonvicarious armarius tattyfilarious

Questions

How do you pronounce nightmarious?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌnaɪtˈmɛɹi.əs/.
What does nightmarious mean?: Having the qualities of a nightmare.
Where does nightmarious come from?: From nightmare + -ious.

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