daymare
/ˈdeɪˌmɛɚ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.02 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A vivid, unpleasant mental image, having the characteristics of a nightmare, during wakefulness.
verb
To have a daymare.
Intransitive verb; Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "What walks I took alone, down muddy lanes, in the bad winter weather, carrying that parlor, and Mr. and Miss Murdstone in it, everywhere: a monstrous load that I was obliged to bear, a daymare that there was no possibility of breaking in, a weight that brooded on my wits, and blunted them!"
- "Sometimes I can't help but feel helpless / I'm havin' daymares in daytime wide awake try to relate / This can't be happenin' like I'm in a dream while I'm walkin' / Cause what I'm seein is hauntin', human beings like ghost and zombies"
- "“Bobbie Nell, that bird just wants to get out of your house. He's trapped in a bird nightmare.” “You're all nightmares! And I'm about to be your nightmare and your daymare.”"
- "There must be something better to spend my precious time daymaring."
- "She daymared through each one, painting dark, almost black canvases with indistinguishable figures floating in a stormy sky."
- "Instead he’s daymaring the burning sandy wastes of southern Iraq – the unknowable concrete-and-mud-brick towns and forgotten bazaars where the Rams could well lose themselves … in a wilderness of dust."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈdeɪˌmɛɚ/
- British English: /ˈdeɪˌmɛə/